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Journal 


Rev.   John   Pike, 


OF    DOVER,    N.H. 


Edited,    with    an    Introduction    and   Notes, 

BY    THE 

REV.  A.  H.  QUINT,  D.D. 


REPRINTED     FROM      THE     PROCEEDINGS     OF     THE     MASSACHUSETTS 
HISTORICAL     SOCIETY. 


CAMBRIDGE : 

PRESS    OF    JOHN    WILSON    AND    SON. 
1876. 


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INTRODUCTION. 


Rev.  John  Pike,  author  of  the  following  Diary,  was  born  May  13, 
1653,  son  of  JMajor  Robert  and  Sarah  (Sanders)  Pike,  of  Salisbury, 
Mass, ;  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1675,  his  name  being  the  first 
on  the  class  list.  His  father  was  the  well-knowu  magistrate  and 
member  of  the  Council. 

The  personal  items  regarding  Mr.  Pike  and  his  family  are  suffi- 
ciently given  in  the  Diary.  It  should  be  noted,  however,  that,  although 
he  removed  temporarily  from  Dover,  he  was  the  settled  minister  from 
his  ordination  till  his  death. 

The  church  of  which  he  was  pastor  was  organized  in  December, 
1638.  There  had  been  ministerial  service  earlier,  by  Rev.  AVilliam 
Leverich,  brought  over  by  Capt.  Thomas  Wiggin.  landing  at  Salem, 
from  the  ship  '"James,"  October  10,  1633,  who  left  Dover  in  1635,  and 
was  received  to  the  Boston  church  August  9,  1635;  by  Rev.  George 
Burdett,  in  1635,  who  soon  entered  into  correspondence  with  Arch- 
bishop Laud,*  and  who  left  in  disgrace  in  1639  ;  and  by  Rev.  Hanserd 
Knollys.f  in  1638,  who  organized  the  church.  He  was  superseded  by 
Rev.  Thomas  Larkham,t  in  1640,  who  left  in  1642.  Rev.  Daniel 
Maud  was  then,  in  1  642,  sent  to  Dover  by  the  Massachusetts  ministers, 
on  request  of  the  Dover  people.  He  remained  until  his  death,  in 
1655.  His  will,  which  I  had  printed  in  the  Dover  (N.H.)  Enquirer, 
{Memoranda  No.  26),  was  dated  January  17,  1654-5,  proved  June  26, 
655.  Rev.  John  Reyner  followed,  1655,  and  served  till  his  death, 
April  20,  1  669.  He  was  assisted  in  his  last  years,  and  succeeded,  by 
his  son  John,  (H.  C.  1  663.)  who  remained  until  his  death,  December 
21,  1676.     Mr.  Pike  was  the  next  minister. 

There  are  no  extant  Dover  church  records  before  Dr.  Jeremy  Bel- 
knap's ministry,  except  that  he  copied  into  a  record  book  a  list  of 
baptisms  and  of  members,  commencing  in  1717.  The  town  records 
are  also  very  defective  during  the  period  of  Mr.  Pike's  residence. 
This  is  due  partly  to  the  Indian  troubles,  and  partly  to  the  Masonian 
difficulties.  On  the  town  records  the  following  are  the  only  extant 
references  to  IMr.  Pike  :  — 

*  Copies  of  two  of  Burdett's  letters  to  Laiul  are  in  my  possession. 

t  See  full  sketch  of  him,  and  of  tlie  troubles  at  Dover,  of  that  period,  in 
"  Congregational  Quarterly,"  January,  1871. 

X  See  Larkham's  letter,  5  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.  i.  313,  without  date,  but  inter- 
nal evidence  conclusively  proves  it  to  have  been  written  in  January,  1G40-41. 
Extremely  valuable  letters  regarding  Dover's  early  history  are  in  liie  several 
volumes  of  the  "  Winthrop  Papers." 


"Sept.  13,  16  86. 

"  It  is  alsoe  voter!  &  agreed  on  at  the  said   meeting  to  * 

&  |)ay  to  the  Minister  of  Dover  sixtie  po 
Minister  of  Oyester  River  fFonrtie  ponn 
ensuing,  from  the  tenth  day  of  June  hist 
paid  tliem  in  such  species  &  prices 

Marchant'"  pine  hords  at  20  s.  j) 

pork  at  3  d  |)  lb. 

Beiue  at  2  d. 

wheate  at  5  s  p  bushel 

pease  at  4  s  j^  bush 

barlie  at  3  s  4)  bush 

Indian  at  3  s  3)  bush 

"Sept.  2,  1695. 

For  "  Mr.  Pike,  £65  salary,  of  which  £25  in  money." 

"June  23,  1701. 

"  By  the  Comniete  Chosen  by  the  freeholders  of  y*  Towne  of  Doner 
for  granting  of  Land,  Giuen  and  Granted  unto  y"  Reuerand  M''  Jno 
Pike  Six[t]y  acers  of  Land,  unto  his  heirs  and  assings  for  euer  Near 
Newtowne  as  maybe  found  for  his  Conueniency. 

"  Test  Will"   Ffukber    Clarh  of  s''  Com. 

"  Att  A  Publick  Towne  meeting  held  at  the  meeting  house  on  doner 
neck  the  5""  day  of  Aprill  1703 

"whereas  the  Reaverant  IM''  John  Pike  has  seuerall  Times  signified 
To  This  Towne  that  he  was  minded  to  Remoue  to  Salsbary  and  by 
the  Remoual  of  his  family  has  given  us  just  Cause  to  Expect  the 
Same,  in  answer  thereto  Voated  that  Captt  Jno  Gerrish  M''  Rich  Wal- 
dron  and  Captt  Jno  Tuttle  are  hereby  Chosen  and  Invested  with  full 
power  from  the  Towne  to  Joyne  witli  the  present  selectmen  to  make 
up  accts  with  y"  s''  m'"  Pike  and  gine  orders  for  the  Payment  of  such 
arrears  as  is  yet  behinde  and  allso  Treat  with  iiim  in  order  to  his 
further  Continuance  amoungst  [us]  and  take  his  answer  and  make 
Report  to  'the  Towne  thereof.     Past  in  tlie  meeting  aboue  s"* 

Jno  Tuttle,   Toivn  Clark. 

"Nov.  17,  1707.  — Voted  that  M"'  Pike  have  fifteen  Pounds  P 
Annum  Added  to  his  sallerj^  of  £65,  and  J  Pt  thereof  be  pd  in  money, 
other  ^ds  in  Prouition  as  formerly  and  that  the  mill  Rents  as  they 
shall  be  Rec'^  shall  be  a  Part  of  his  said  sallery. 

"May  2-1,  1710.  —  Whereas  by  the  death  of  the  Reauerant  M""  Pike 
the  Town  is  at  present  destitute  of  a  settled  minister,  &  the  Inhabitants 
there  of  haueing  Considered  the  necessity  of  a  supply  as  sone  as  may 
be, 

Mr.  Pike  died  March  10,  1709-10.  His  will  is  on  record  at  Exeter, 
N.  H.     It  was  dated  "  Dover  the  6th  of  March  1709  ; "  i.  e.,  1709-10  ; 

*  The  right-hand  blanks  are  where  tlie  retiord  has  been  destroyed. 


witnessed  by  Samuel  Tebbets,  John  Ambler,  and  Sarah  Cutt ;  brought 
to  probate,  according  to  the  record,  on  the  day  of  his  death.  He 
made  bequests,  in  addition  to  those  made  to  his  then  surviving  chil- 
dren, to  Joseph  Stockman,  Jr.,  "  niece  Dorothy  Light,"  and  "  niece 
Sarah  Pike,  daughter  of  Robert  Pike."  The  will  commences,  "  I  John 
Pike  of  Dover  minister  of  the  Gospel  being  sick  &  weak  of  body  but 
of  sound  and  perfect  mind  &  memory,"  etc. 

Fitch's*  manuscript  says,  that  after  the  death  of  Mr.  John  Reyner 
the  people  of  Dover  "  called  ]Mr.  John  Pike  to  the  ministry,  who  was 
a  person  of  good  learning,  pleasant  in  conversation  and  much  morti- 
fied to  the  world." 

Dr.  Belknap's  manuscript  notes  in  the  Dover  church  records  say:  — 
"  He  was  esteemed  as  an  extraordinary  preacher,  &  a  man  of  true 
Godliness.  He  was  a  grave  and  venerable  Person,  &  generally 
preaclied  without  notes.  Those  who  were  acquainted  with  him,  have 
given  him  the  Character  of  a  very  considerable  Divine,  and  some  of  his 
manuscript  sermons  are  yet  in  being  &  much  esteemed.  Mr.  Wise, 
of  Berwick,  used  to  say  that  Mr.  Pike  never  preached  a  sermon  but 
what  was  worthy  of  the  press." 

Earlv  New  Hampshire  history  sometimes  is  confusing,  from  want 
of  knowledge  as  to  localities.  —  Pascataquach,  as  used  by  Winthrop 
and  others,  covered  the  whole  body  of  settlements  on  the  (now  spelled) 
Piscataqua  River  and  its  confluent  streams ;  including  Portsmouth, 
Dover,  Exeter,  and  Kittery.  The  Great  Bay,  a  map  will  show,  lies 
on  the  north  boundaries  of  Stratham  and  Greenland  (modern  towns). 
This  bay  receives  the  waters  of  the  Lamj^rey,  Swamscot  (or  Squam- 
scott),  and  Winnicot  (or  Winnicowet)  Rivers.  From  that  bay  issues 
the  Piscataqua,  flowing  north-eastward  by  the  south  part  of  Durham, 
(where  it  receives  Oyster  [originally  Shankhassic]  River),  into  Little 
Bay  (where  it  receives  Bellamy  or  Back  River),  eastward  by  the  foot 
of  Dover,  and  there,  receiving  the  waters  of  the  Newichawannock  River, 
turns  south-easterly  to  the  ocean.  The  Newichawannock  River,  com- 
ing from  the  northward,  separates  Maine  and  New  Hampshire,  until  it 
flows  into  the  Piscataqua  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  lowest  point  of 
Dover.  Some  maps  erroneously  make  the  Newichawannock  to  be  the 
upper  part  of  the  Piscataqua,  instead  of  bringing  the  Piscatacpia  from 
Great  Bay.  A  correct  map  relieves  an  obscui-ity  in  discussions  on  the 
Squamscot  patent,  in  its  reference  to  "  the  south  side  "  of  the  river.f 

Dover  territory  had  four  recognized  parts.  First,  the  now  Dover 
Point  (and  Neck)  was  always  meant  when  Dover  was  mentioned. 
Its  Indian  name  (in  Squamscott  patent)  was  "  Wecanacohunt."  Being 
settled  by  the  Hiltons,  in  1G23,  it  was  sometimes  called  Hilton's  Point. 
Re-enforced  by  Capt.  Thomas  Wiggin,  in  1633,  under  the  auspices  of 

*  Kev.  Jabez  I'iteh,  H.  C.  1694;  minister  at  Ipswich,  Mass..  1708  to  17'24; 
at  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  1724,  till  his  death,  November  22,  1746.  His  manuscript 
is  in  the  "Belknap  Papers,"  in  the  hbrary  of  this  Society. 

t  It  is  questionable  whether  tiie  Indians  attached  any  name  to  either  river ; 
merely  designating  certain  localities  on  the  rivers  by  the  names  mentioned.  It 
sliould  also  be  noted  that  the  above  names  have  an  indefinite  variety  of  ways  of 
spelling. 


the  Bristol  adventurers,  it  is  designated  as  "  Bristow  "  on  the  map  in 
Wood's  "  New  Enghuid's  Prospect,  1  634.     A  few  years  later,  perhaps 

1639,  it   was  named  Dover,  probably  by  Capt.  John  Undei-hill.     In 

1640,  Larkham  had  it  called  Northam,  but  it  speedily  resumed  the 
name  Dover.  Secondly,  Bloody  Point,  southerly  across  the  river,  is 
the  now  Newington  It  was  in  Squamscot  Patent.  Thirdly,  Oyster 
River  on  the  Shankhassic  River  (re-named  from  a  bed  of  oysters), 
and  southerly  on  Great  Bay.  It  is  now  Durham,  which  once  included 
the  town  of  Lee  and  part  of  Madbury.  Fourthly,  Coc/techo,  a  settle- 
ment at  the  lower  falls  of  the  river  of  the  same  name,  at  the  bead  of 
tide-water,  now  the  centi-e  of  population  of  the  city  of  Dover.  On 
Wood's  map,  1634,  it  appears  with  its  actual  name.  Five  miles  or 
more  above  Hilton's  Point,  it  was  many  years  a  frontier  post.  As  a 
territorial  district,  it  came  to  include  the  north-eastern  territory  now 
the  towns  of  Eollinsford  and  Somersworth,  and  thus  reached  to  the 
Newichawannock  River,  which  was  the  boundary  of  Dover  for  the  whole 
length  of  its  eastern  side;  and  it  included  the  Bellamy  falls  district, 
towards  Dui'ham.  Qvamphegan  was  a  settlement  at  the  foils  of  the 
same  name,  at  the  head  of  tide-water  on  the  Newichawannock  River. 
Weicichmvamiock  settlement  (by  Gibbons,  in  1630  or  thereabouts)  was 
about  a  mile  above,  on  the  falls  known  now  as  Salmon  Falls,  where 
the  Boston  and  INIaine  Railroad  crosses  the  river  into  Maine.  Most 
of  the  early  population  of  these  two  places  was  on  the  Maine  (o;* 
Gorges)  side.  The  two,  early  being  ^lart  of  Kittery  (on  the  Maine 
side),  became  Berwick. 

In  Mr.  Pike's  time,  Dover  Neck  (?'.  e., "  Dover  ")  was  still  the  seat 
of  town  goverimient.  It  was  the  place  of  I'egular  public  worship, 
although  occasional  services  were  held  at  Cochecho.  The  meeting- 
house (second  or  third  in  point  of  time)  had  been  built  in  1653-4, 
by  contract,*  "  forty  foot  longe,  twenty  six  foote  wide,  sixteen  foot 
studd,  with  six  windows,  two  doores  fitt  for  such  a  house,  with  a  tile 
covering,  and  to  plank  all  the  walls,  with  glass  and  nails  for  it."  A 
"turret"  was  built  in  1665,t  "forto  hang  the  Bell  wich  wee  haue 
bought  of  Capt.  Walldern."  Eleven  years  before  Mr.  Pike  came,t 
this  house  had  been  enclosed  in  a  fortification  "■  one  hundred  foot 
square,  with  two  sconces  sixteen  foot  square,  and  all  the  timber  to  [be] 
twelfe  Inches  thicke,  and  the  AVall  to  be  eaght  foot  high,  with  sells  and 
Braces."  The  earthwork  of  the  base  of  this  fortification  is  still 
(1875)  well  defined  and  visible,  even  to  that  of  the  "sconces  "  at  the 
alternate  corners. 

Mr.  Pike's  record  of  "  Observable  Providences  "  is  contained  in  a 
bound  volume,  §  four  inches  by  six  in  size.  The  writing  is  so  fine  that 
a  page  frequently  contains  thirty  to  thirty-five  lines.  A  rather  orna- 
mental  title-page   bears   the  date   1673,  which  was   in   the  second  or 

*  Dover  town  records,  date  December  5,  1652. 

t  Il)id.,  date  April  15,  1GU5. 

t  Ibid.,  July  4,  1(567. 

§  Among  tiie  manuscript  collections. of  this  Society. 


third  year  of  Mr.  Pike's  college  life.  Twenty  pages  are  occupied  by 
disquisitions  in  Latin,  upon  philosophical  subjects,  against  each  of 
which  is  placed  the  name  of  some  member  of  his  college  chiss.  Forty- 
four  pages  are  filled  with  a  Latin  S>/nopsis  Metaphijsica.  There  is 
also  a  curious  record  in  relation  to  a  class-meeting  after  graduation. 

The  lower  half  of  each  page  containing  "  Observable  Providences  " 
is  usually  given  to  the  weather,  especially  to  dates  of  snows,  with  the 
current  heading  "  Observable  Seasons."  Later  in  the  volume  is  a  list 
of  "  Thanksgiving  and  Fast  days."  It  seems  unimportant  to  print 
these,  or  two  pages  of  "  A  Short  Catachism  for  Little  Children."  But 
a  list  of  marriages,  1686  to  1710,  is  of  special  value. 

The  Diary  was  partially  published  in  the  third  volume  of  the  Collec- 
tions of  the  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society  ;  {xirtially,  inasmuch 
as  very  considerable  omissions  appear  upon  comparison,  although  there 
is  no  hint  that  it  is  not  entire.  Comparison  shows  also  some  errors  in 
names  and  dates,  besides  variations  in  words. 

The  following  is  a  verbatim  copy,  with  some  notes  appended.  The 
oidy  change  allowed  is  to  place  the  entries  in  chronological  order,  as  a 
few  were  entered  on  pages  near  one  which  became  full,  but  not  in  order. 

A.  H.  Quint. 


[JOURNAL   OF   THE   REV.  JOHN  PIKE.] 


A    MEMORANDUM     OF     PERSONAL     OCCDRENTS. 


John  Pike  Came  to  Dover  for  y^  work  of  the  Mmistry  Nov:  1. 
1678. 

Married  Sarah,  the  second  daughter  of  m"'  Joshua  Moodey  May.  5,  81. 

Took  office  Aug.  31  followg.  1681.  being  a  stormy  day,  the  same  in 
w'^''  m''  INIoodey  with  his  wife  &  others  were  overset  in  a  Cannoe,  & 
in  some  danger  of  drdwing. 

My  fr  son  was  born  Mar:  30:  1682, —  but  being  still-born  was 
buried  Anonjanous,  he  was  born  Thuesday  about  1 1  clock  at  night. 

My  son  Nathaniel  was  born  Jun :  3:  1683,  about  10  at  night. 
Sabbath. 

My  son  Robert  was  born  Feb  :  6.  1685  about  12  at  night  Satui-d. 

My  daughter  Abigal  was  born  Ap  :  3.  1688,  betwixt  4  &  5  in  after- 
noon.    Tuesday. 

My  twin  daughters  Hanna  &  Mary  were  born  May  18,  1691  — 
about  8  Clock  at  night,  monday. 

My  son  Joshua  was  born  June  14,  1693,  about  two  Clock  in  the 
afternoon  Wednsday. 

[The  births  of  Samuel,  April  1,  1695  :  Abigail,  December  22,  1697  ; 
and  Margaret,  January  31,  1698-9,  are  recorded,  with  dates  of  deaths, 
under  years  1699  and  1702.] 

JNIy  youngest  son  Solomon  was  born  May  23,  about  one  of  the  clock 
in  the  morning,  Thursday,  1700.* 

Upon  the  desolation  of  Cochechot  my  family  Removed  to  Ports- 
mouth.*June  28,  1689. 

Removed  from  Portsmo.  to  Hampton,t  Octo:  24,  1690.  —  This  year 

*  Transferred  to  this  place  from  a  page  not  in  tlie  Diary  proper. 
t  See  remarks  on  localities  in  tlie  Introduction. 

J  Mr.  Pike  preached  a  few  months  at  Hampton,  and  was  invited  to  settle 
there,  but  declined.  — ]Vew  Hampshire  Churches,  page  68. 

2 


10 

the  Army  went  to  Canada,  &  the  small-pox  Raged  much  (all  \vinter) 
at  Piscataqua. 

Removed  from  Hampton  to  Newherrv,  Feb:  4,  1691.  —  went  to 
Salem  for  Cure  of  mine  eye,  Feb.  13  Instant,  and  Returned  Mar.  30. 
Summer  following  many  persons  to  y"  number  of  19  were  condemned 
&  executed  for  witchcraft  at  Salem,  &  many  more  accused. 

Removed  from  Newberry  to  Portsmouth  again,  Octo.  6,  1692. 

Entered  upon  y"  Majesties  service  for  Pemmaqd-Fort.  Octo.  16, 
1694,  —  sayled  from  Great-Island  Octo.  17,  &  arrived  at  Pemmaquid, 
26. 

Returned  from  Pemmaqd  to  Portsmo  :  July  13,  169.5.* 

Removed  my  family  from  Portsmouth  to  Dover,  Nov.  11,  1698. 
Contind  there  with  my  Family  four  years  wanting  20  days.  —  Re- 
moved for  Salisbury  Octo:  21,  1702.  —  Began  to  keep  house  at  Dover, 
after  the  death  of  ray  dear  wife,  Jan.   1,  1706[-7]. 

OliSERVABLE    I'ROVIDENCKS,  ANNO:  DOM.   1682. 

Jan:  3.  [1682-3.]  Colonel  Waldronsf  mills  burnt  down  in  a  very 
Rainey  night. 

Feb  :  14.  [1682-3.]  Mrs  Hannah  Waldron  t  died,  &  was  inhumed 
16,  whicli  was  the  Revolution  of  her  marriage-day. 

1684.  —  March  22.  A  prodigious  Tyde  rising  some  feet  higher  y" 
the  observation  of  oldest  standers  (in  this  place)  did  great  Damage  to 
wharves  &  ware-houses  in  Boston  §  &  Pascataqua. 

*  "  Pemmaquid,  July  4,  1695.  I  liave  acquainted  y^  Gentlemen  sent  iiither 
with  my  necessity  of  Keturnins;  home  (as  I  formerly  signilied  it  to  your  honours) 
w<='>  is  strongly  urged  upon  me  by  y"  danger  of  y"  enemy  &  spreading  sickness 
in  those  parts."  —  Mr.  Pike's  letter,  in  Mass.  Archives. 

t  A  rare  instance  of  the  spelling  "  Waldron  "  in  reference  to  the  first  Rich- 
ard. I  know  of  no  instance  where  he  signed  it  other  than  "  Waldern  "  or 
"  Walderne."  His  son,  the  second  Richard,  used  "  Waldron."  The  first  Rich- 
ard was  known  as  "  Major,"  the  second  as  "  Colonel."  Yet  a  document  of  1683, 
"N.  H.  Provincial  Papers,"  i.  540,  calls  the  first  Jiichard  "  Colonel."  For  fam- 
ily name,  descent,  &c.,  see  "  N.  E,  Hist,  and  Gen.  Reg.,"  viii.  76.  Major  Rich- 
ard was  for  twenty  years  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  General  Court,  and 
for  seven  years  its  Speaker.  An  extended  sketch  of  his  life  is  in  the  "  Dover 
(N.H.)  Enquirer,"  year  1853,  in  "  Historical  Memoranda,"  Nos.  104-111,  and  a 
full  genealogy  in  Nos.  175-8,  and  207-9. 

The  mills  were  at  Cochecho  Lower  Falls,  now  the  site  of  the  cotton  mills.  A 
town  record  of  the  last  century  says  that  Waldern  occupied  this  place  in  1633, 
but  it  is  scarcely  possible.  l\iore  likely  he  came  over  in  1635.  "  He  stayed 
about  two  years,"  says  a  letter  of  .James  Jeffrey  to  the  Major's  grandson,  "and 
returned  to  England,  and  there  married  a  gentlewoman  of  a  very  good  family." 
James  Ordway,  in  1704-5.  deposed  that  "  si.xty-thrce  years  ago  I  went  with 
Major  Waldron,  and  he  with  some  others  began  the  plantation  commonly  called 
Cochecho;  .  .  .  in  two  or  three  years  after  his  first  settlement,  that  he  built  a 
saw  mill  and  corne  mill."  Large  portions  of  this  property  (which  was  once  e.\- 
tensive)  remained  in  the  Waldron  family  until  1821. 

J  Wife  of  the  second  Richard,  and  daughter  of  President  Richard  Cutt.  An 
old  "  Cutt  manuscript,"  Brewster's  "  Rambles,"  ii.  143,  says  she  died  at  the 
birth  of  her  first  child. 

§  "An  e.xtraordinary  high  Ty(ie."  -^  Seimll's  Almanac,  1684. 


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April  22.  Flapned  a  Tyde  little  inferiour  to  the  former.  &  in  some 
places  flowed  somewhat  higher. 

Nov:  8.  Was  exceeding  dark  from  ten  in  the  morning  till  two  in 
y^  afternoon  w''*'  might  be  occasioned  by  a  very  black  &  thick  cloud 
passing  over  very  Low  :  it  seemed  as  though  the  sun  had  been  greatly 
&  totally  eclipsed. 

Feb.  8,  1684[-5].  An  earth-quake  was  sensibly  observed  by 
many  :  tho  not  universally  perceived :  This  hapned  Sabbath  day  four 
a  clock  afternoon.* 

1685.  —  July  15.  Humphry  Tiffany  &  Frances  Low  travelling 
betwixt  Swanzy  &  Boston,  were  slain  with  Lightning.t 

Dec  :  19.  M'  Joseph  Hall  of  Greenland!  deceased  with  the  small 
pox.  He  had  been  111,  but  knew  not  his  Distemper  till  a  little  time 
bef :  he  died. 

Feb:  7,  [1685-6.]  M"  Ann  Waldron  §  dyed  afier  two  moneths 
sore  sickness  &  misery. 

Feb.  19.  [1685-6.]  L*  Anthony  Nutter  ||  of  Welch-Cove  deceased 
of  the  smal-|)0x  bef :  it  came  out. 

1 686.  —  Dec  :  o.  M""  Stockman  1[  was  suddenly  seazed  w**"  an  Appo- 
plex  about  10  in  y"  morning,  w'""'  wholly  bereaved  him  of  his  speech 
&  Life  too  in  Evening  following. 

Mar:  2.  [1686-7.]  Abigal  Moodey**  dyed  of  y"  smal  pox,  y^  fourth 
day  after  it  broke  out  upon  her. 

1687.  Dec:  9.     John  Wingetft  dyed. 

[1688.]  This  year  y"  Meazells  Raged  thro  out  y"  Country  begin- 
ning at  Boston,  &  so  Coming  easward. 

Jun.  10:   1688.     My  fiimily  was  visited  w*  the   Meazells,  and  all 


*  Sewall's  "  Diarj',"  in  the  Library  of  this  Society,  mentions  this  earth- 
quake. 

t  "July  15,  1685.  A  threat  lightning,  wherewith  were  killed  a  man,  woman, 
and  two  Horses."  —  Seicnll.  Savage's  "Francis  "  and  "  he,"  mider  Low,  should 
be  corrected.     Anthony  Low,  ot  Swansey,  had  wife  Frances. 

X  Greenland  was  partially  in  Dover  (with  Blood}'  Point).  Joseph  Hall  was 
son  of  Sergeant  John  Hall,  who  was  of  tli(»  Dover  "  Combination,"  1640. 
Joseph's  widow  (Elizabeth  Smith,  a  niece  of  Major  Waldron)  married  Thomas 
Packer,  and  died  Aug.  14,  1717,  aged  62.  Joseph  left  large  landed  estate, 
which  (there  being  no  sons)  went  bj^  daughters  to  the  March  and  Peirce  fam- 
ilies. A  sketcli  of  the  life  of  Colonel  Joshua  W.  Peirce  incorrectly  calls  Joseph 
Hall  an  ancestor  of  Governor  John  Langdon.  Governor  Langdon's  mother, 
Mary  Hall,  was  great-granddaughter  of  Ralpli  Hall,  who  was  of  the  Exeter 
"  Combination,"  1639. 

§  Second  wife  of  the  first  Pichard. 

II  Son  of  Elder  Hatevil  Nutter,  the  emigrant.  Anthony  was  councillor 
1681-2.  Affidavits  resrarding  this  "  tall,  big  man,"  in  his  affray  with  Mason  in 
1685,  are  in  N.  H.  Hist.  Coll.,  viii.  263.  —  Welch-Cove,  often  called  Welch- 
man's  Cove,  was  in  Newington. 

T[  John  Stockman,  of  Salisburj%  whose  wife  Sarah  was  sister  to  Mr.  Pike. 
Savage  gives  the  date  as  "  10  Dec." 

**  Possibly  a  sister  of  Mr.  Pike's  wife,  but  records  are  silent. 

It  The  first  of  that  name  in  Dover.  One  of  the  three  most  prominent  land- 
holders assailed  by  Mason,  in  Cranfield's  administration.  His  homestead,  after 
more  than  two  hundred  years  of  uninterrupted  succession,  is  still  (1875)  in  the 
family  name. 


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had  it  (except  myself)  y'  were  then  extant,  viz.  my  wife  being  in  her 
24"*  year,  my  son  jSath :  in  his  fifth  year.  Robertt  was  about  two 
years  &  three  moiinths  old.  —  Abigal  hardly  two  moneths.  Twas  soon 
over  w""  the  children. 

Jan:  17.  [1688-9.]     Master  Heard*  deceased  after  short  sickness. 

Jan  :  24.  [1G88-9.]     Mrs.  Colcord  f  died  of  an  Appoplex. 

1689.  Jun:  28.  The  eastern  Ind"' joyuing  with  those  of  Pennicook 
(thro  the  Instigation  of  Hawkins  t  a  Sagamore)  suddenly  seized  on 
Cochecho,  about  break  of  day,  wn  all  things  were  silent  &  secure. 
Killed  23  persons,  principal  of  w''"' — Maj  :  NValdron,  mr.  Leigh,  mr. 
Evens,  Rich.  Otice,  Jo :  Dug,  Jo :  Duncan,  Dan.  Lunt,  Jos :  Sanders, 
Step :  Otice,  Jos :  Bus,  Wm.  Bus,  Wm.  Arin,  Wm.  Horn  &  old 
widow  Handson.  Carried  Captive  29,  whereof  the  chief,  Jo :  Chh, 
Mrs.  Leigh,  Tobias  Hand :  wife,  Otice's  wife,  Sarah  Gerrish  &c.§ 


*  John  Heard,  of  Dover  "Combination,"  1640.  See  death  of  liis  widow, 
under  date  Nov.  30,  1706. 

t  Comparison  of  dates  shows  tliat  tliis  must  have  been  tlie  widow  of  Edward 
Coleord,  for  wliom  see  Appendi.x  to  Vol.  I.,  Winthrop's  "  Journah"  Many 
references  to  him  are  in  tlie  county  office  at  Exeter,  and  in  (old)  Norfolk  records. 
Hubbard  says  (2  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  v.  219),  "  for  in  the  year  16ol,  when  Edward 
Colcord  first  came  thither  (who  was  afterwards,  for  want  a  better,  for  some 
years  together  chosen  Governor  of  the  Plantations  about  Dover),"  &c.  As  to 
Dover,  there  is  no  possible  truth  in  it.  He  was  of  the  "  Combination,"  1640,  and, 
after  the  union,  one  of  the  magistrates  "  for  small  causes,"  displaced  in  1645. — 
Belknap,  page  82  (ed.  1881),  says  that  Edward  Colcord  was  killed  at  Hampton, 
June  lo,  1677;  his  editor  changes  it  to  Alinihdm.  Belknap  was,  as  usual,  cor- 
rect. See  letter  of  Seaborn  Cotton,  three  days  after  the  event  (4  Mass.  Hist. 
Coll.,  viii.  353).     This  was  a  son  of  the  first  Edward. 

I   Kancamagus,  grandson  of  Passaconaway. 

§  Belknap's  account,  page  126,  is  quite  full,  and  proves  remarkably  accurate. 
To  his  "  five  "  garrison  houses,  perhaps  Paine's  ought  to  be  added,  but  it  was 
not  close  to  the  group ;  Gerrish's  hard!}'  could  be  mentioned,  it  being  a  mile 
and  a  half  away,  and  not  disturbed.  A  minute  account  was  printed  in 
"  Dover  Enquirer,"  Mem.  Ill,  116-1 1'J.  Letters  in  tlie  Mass.  Archives,  see  vol. 
107  (and  all  copied  for  "  Dover  P2nquirer  "),  are:  Thomas  Henchman,  of  Chelms- 
ford, to  Boston  autliorities,  June  22,  forewarning  of  the  attack ;  letter  from 
Council  to  Major  Waldron,  June  27,  communicating  the  warning,  but  which 
(by  delay  of  messenger  at  Newbury  ferry)  was  a  few  hours  too  late;  Richard 
Waldron,  Jr.,  at  Portsmouth,  to  Major  Pike  at  Salisbury,  June  28,  "  about  8 
o'clock,  morning,"  informing  him  of  the  destruction  a  few  hours  before;  Rich- 
ard Martyn  and  others,  same  date,  accomjianying  the  last  named;  Major  Pike 
to  Governor  Bradstreet,  same  day,  "at  noon,"  tbrwarding  the  last  two  named; 
Secretary  Addington  to  the  gentlemen  at  Portsmouth,  June  29,  officially  prom- 
ising assistance;  a  draft  of  letter,  apparently  by  the  Governor,  accompanying 
Addington 's;  William  Vaughan  and  Waldron,  from  Cochecho  to  Massachusetts 
government,  July  5;  Major  Appleton,  conmiander  of  troops  sent-to  Cochecho, 
from  that  place,  to  Massachusetts  government,  July  14.  Also,  petition  of  Sam- 
uel Wheelwright's  and  others,  of  Wells,  for  help,  June  30,  1689. 

This  attack  is  usually  attributed  to  revenge  for  the  seizures  of  Indians  at 
Cochecho,  by  Waldron  and  Frost,  in  1676,  in  obedience  to  orders  from  the 
Massachusetts  government.  Belknap,  however,  refers  to  "  Popish  emissaries." 
In  a  paper  of  January,  1690,  (N.  Y.  Col.  Doc,  ix.  440,)  M.  de  Demonville, 
governor  of  Canada,  says  :  "  The  good  understanding  I  have  maintained  with 
these  Indians  through  the  care  of  the  Jesuits,  especially  the  two  fathers  Bigot, 
brothers,  contributed  to  the  success  of  all  their  attacks  this  summer  on  the 
English,"  &c. 


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Aug.  following  James  hnggin.*  of  Oyster  R  was  slain,  his  Garrison 
taken,  «&;  18  persons  killed  and  Carried  away, 

Jan.  27.  1689[-90,]  Deacon  Damf  deceased  with  age  weakness 
&  Illness. 

Feb.  2.  [1689-90.]     Sennectade  a  Dutch-Town  was  suddenly  sur- 


Of  the  sufferers  above,  —  Mr.  Lee  was  Abraham  Lee  (or  Leigh),  husband  of 
Major  Waldroiv's  daughter  Esther ;  Mr.  Evans  was  certainly  not  tlie  emigrant 
Robert,  but  probably  John,  who  had  deed  of  land  at  Cochecho,  from  Waldron, 
March  IG,  1672-3  ;  Richard  Otis,  owner  of  Oiis's  garrison  ;  his  daughter  Hannah, 
a  child  of  two  years,  was  also  killed;  Jo  :  Dug  was  probably  Jolin,  though  no 
other  reference  to  liiTU  is  found  ;  Jo  :  Duncan,  perhaps  John  ;  William  Arin, 
sometimes  written  Vrin,  and  perhaps  same  as  Verin,  a  New  Hampshire  name; 
William  Horn  was  the  first  of  the  family  in  Dover,  and  left  descendants;  old 
widow  Hanson  was  Mary,  widow  of  Thomas.     This  leaves  eight  unknown. 

Of  the  captives,  John  Church  (erroneously  given  as  "  Josepii  Chase"  in  the 
N.  H.  copy)  escaped  before  the  Indians  reached  Winnepesaukee  ;  Mrs.  Leigh 
was  ransomed  in  September  following;  Captain  Benjamin  Church  met  lier 
returning  at  Falmouth.  See  Maine  Hist.  Coll.,  i.  293,  and  De.xter's  "  Church's 
Eastern  Expeditions,"  19.  Tobias  Hanson's  wife  ;  he  was  son  of  the  "  old 
widow"  above;  Otis's  wife  was  Grizel  (Warren),  wife  of  the  Richard  above; 
she  remained  in  Canada,  married  there,  and  died  there  at  an  advanced  age. 
Sarah  Cerrish  was  daugiiter  of  Captain  John  (jerrish,  and  grand-daugliter  of 
Major  Waldron.  (As  to  her  mother  there  is  some  doubt.  It  is  said  that  Captain 
John  Gerrish  married  Elizabeth  Waldron,  who  was  born  October  8,  1666  ;  but, 
in  a  conveyance  of  1668,  Waldron  calls  Gerrish  his  "  son-in-law.")  Sarah  was 
exchanged  late  in  1690,  on  the  occasion  of  Piiipps's  expedition  to  Quebec. 
"  Another  girl  of  nine  or  ten  years  of  age,  who  was  somewhat  well-looking,  had 
been  ransomed  b}'  the  intendant's  lady,  who  felt  considerable  pain  at  her  sur- 
render, yet  nevertheless  submitted  for  the  public  good."  —  Xdrmtive,  1690,  in 
N.  V.  Coll.  Doc,  ix.  984.  Also,  Eronlenae's  report,  same,  p.  461  ;  "  And  in 
order  to  have  our  Priest,  who  would  never  have  been  restored  had  not  Sieur 
de  la  Valliere  induced  this  General's  [Phips]  principal  Chaplain  to  come  to 
negotiate  with  him,  and  declared  to  him  that  tlie\'  would  carry  him  to  Quebec, 
if  they  refused  to  exchange  Sieur  Trouve  [the  priest]  for  a  little  girl  whom  the 
intendant's  lady  had  bought  of  the  Indians,  and  whom  she  offered  to  give  up." 
This  was  Sarali  Gerrish. 

Besides  those  mentioned  above,  there  were  captured,  —  Christine  Oiis, 
youngest  child  of  the  first  Richard,  for  whom  see  N.  E.  Hist,  and  Gen.  Reg., 
v.  189,  and  its  references;  Rose  Otis,  doubtless  the  Rose  daughter  of  the  second 
Richard  ;  John  Otis,  "  a  boy,"  still  a  priscmer  in  1695,  and  not  traced  later  ;  Ste- 
phen Otis  (re-baptized  in  Canada  as  "Joseph-Marie"),  and  Nathaniel  Otis  (re- 
baptized  as  "Paul"),  sons  of  Stephen,  both  of  whom  remained  in  Canada, 
were  living  in  1710  as  "  Hotesse,"  and  one  was  then  married  ;  John  Evans,  "a 
young  man  from  Cochecho,"  mentioned  in  "  Indian  Captivities,"  86.  ICigh- 
teen  are  thus  left  unknown.  Some  of  them  are  doubtless  in  the  list  of  captives 
in  Quebec  in  1695,  Mass.  Archives,  A.  38,  page  1  ;  but,  as  the  residences 
there  given  are  often  incorrect,  it  is  impossible  to  distinguish. 

*  "  Huckins  "  is  tlie  present  form.  His  widow  was  recovered  by  Captain 
Church,  at  Androscoggin  fort,  in  September,  1690.  See  Belknaj),  131.  A  letter 
of  Samuel  Sherburne  to  Major  Pike,  Mass.  Archives,  vol.  70,  p.  238,  dated 
Hampton,  July  30,  must  refer  to  this  attair :  "These  are  to  informe  you  that 
this  last  night  there  came  news  to  me  from  Exeter  that  one  of  Phillip  Cromwell's 
sons  came  yesterday  from  Oyster  River,  where  were  20  Indians  seen  and  several 
houses  burning.  About  20  English  issued  out  to  beat  them  oft,  &  many  guns 
were  heard  goe  off,  but  he  coming  away,"  &c.  It  is  worth  mentioning  that  a  list 
of  eleven  persons,  killed,  wounded,  &c.,  at  Falmouth,  "7,  21,  1689,"  is  in  Mass. 
Archives,  vol.  35,  ]>.  15. 

t  Deacon  John  Dam,  the  emigrant.     Descendants  spell  the  name  Dame. 


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prized  by  the  Indians  &  French.  60  persons  were  slain,  &  27  Carried 
Captive. 

Mar.  18.  [1689-90.]  Salmon  Falls*  was  surprized  by  the  Indians 
&  French,  just  after  tlie  manner  of  Cochecho.  The  whole  place  was 
destroyed  w"'  fire,  27  persons  slain,  &  52  Carried  Captive. 

1690.  July  4.  Seven  persons  were  slain  &  a  Lad  taken  at  Lam- 
per  eel  River.f 

July  5.  The  enemy  Advancing  toward  Exiter,  set  upon  Hilton's  t 
Gar  :  w"^  L'  Bancroft  endeavoring  to  Relieve,  8  or  9  of  his  men  were 
slain. 

July  6.  Cap :  Floyd  fought  the  enemy  at  Wheelwright's  pond  § 
but  was  forced  to  Retire  with  loss  of  16  men. 

July  7.  The  enemy  Came  down  upon  Amsbury,  took  Capt.  Foot 
alive,  killed   Philip  Rowell  &  two  more. 

Aug.  22.  Phinehas  Hull,  with  his  wife,||  &  Robert  Young,  trav- 
elling betwixt  York  &  Kittery,  the  said  Young  was  killed  by  the 
Indians,  and  Hull's  wife  taken,  but  himself  escaped. 

Aug.  22.  My  dear  Bro :  Robert  deceased  by  the  malignant  feaver, 
aftei-  he  had  been  ten   weeks  weakened  with  the  feaver  &  ague. 

Sep:  14.     Amarocoggan  fort  taken  on  sa])bath  (lay.H 


*  Salmon  Falls,  tlie  old  Newicliawannoek.  See  Belknap,  132.  For  French 
side,  Shea's  Charlevoix,  iv.  130;  and  narrative  of  Nov.  1690,  in  N.  Y.  Col. 
Doc,  ix.  471.  Papers  in  Mass.  Archives,  vol.  35,  are  :  letter  from  William 
Vaughan  and  Richard  Martyn,  at  Portsmouth,  March  lt<,  at  10  o'clock,  a.m., 
to  authorities  at  Boston,  giving  brief  and  hasty  notice  ;  a  much  more  full  letter 
from  the  same,  the  next  day  ;  and,  with  this,  record  of  examination  of  a  French- 
man captured.  The  forces  of  the  enemy  were,  according  to  the  prisoner,  thirty 
French  and  thirty  Indians  ;  according  to  Charlevoix,  and  also  the  narrative, 
twenty-seven  French  and  twenty-five  Indians.  The  letter  of  Vaughan  says, 
"killed  and  taken  between  ffour  score  and  100  persons  "  ;  Charlevoix  says  fifty 
were  captured ;  the  narrative  says  fifty-four.  "  Upwards  of  twenty  houses 
biu-nt,"  says  Vaughan  ;  "  twenty-seven,"  say  the  French.  Charlevoix's  "  two 
thousand  head  of  cattle  perished  in  tlie  stables,  which  were  fired,"  is  of  course 
an  al)surdity.  Pike's  figures  are  doubtless  correct.  Letter  of  Frost  and  others, 
March  2(),  1690,  says  :  "  Heard's  Garrison  at  Cochecho  being  the  ffrontier  &  the 
only  Garrison  on  tlie  North  side  of  that  River,  .  .  .  having  now  left  three  men, 
one  kil'd  &  two  wounded,  in  the  late  fight  at  Salmon  Falls."  —  Mass.  Ar- 
chives, vol.  85. 

t  Now  Newmarket.  Perhaps  it  is  admissible  to  say  that  interesting  letters 
regarding  the  attack  on  Casco,  not  mentioned  by  Pike,  are  in  Mass.  Archives, 
vol.  36,  pp.  ()8-76 ;  Vaughan  to  Robert  Pike,  May  18,  1690;  Pike,  forwarding 
the  last  named,  same  date  ;  Frost,  from  Kittery  to  Pike,  conveying  letter  oi 
Edward  Sergeant  of  Casco,  same  tlate  ;  Wheelwright,  of  Wells,  to  Frost,  same 
date;  Vaughan  and  others.  May  19;  orders  for  soldiers  to  relief  of  York  and 
Wells,  May  23. 

I  Doubtless  the  Wintlirop  Hilton,  grandson  of  the  first  Edward;  his  mother 
was  Ann  Dudley,  grand-daughter  of  Governor  Thomas  Dudley  and  of  Governor 
John  Wintlirop.  He  was  a  famous  fighter,  but  was  killed  June  23,  1710.  Full 
sketch  of  his  life  is  in  "  Farmer  and  Moore's  Historical  Collections,"  vol.  i.  Not 
a  few  descendants  of  Edward  Hilton,  and  of  governors  Wintlirop  and  Dudley, 
in  this  line,  are  in  New  Hampshire  and  Maine. 

§  In  Lee,  N.  H.,  formerly  part  of  Dover. 

II  Hull's  wife  returned  next  year.     See  Magnalia,  ii.  610. 
^  See  Church's  Eastern  Expeditions,  60. 


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Sep.  21.  Fight  at  Meqiioit  near  CasQO,  the  enemy  fled  after  y''  had 
by  surprize  &  Ambushes  slain  &  wounded  32  of  our  men.  8  of  ym 
were  killed,  Rest  wounded* 

Nov:  5.  Being  Wednsday,  was  accompanied  with  a  small  earth- 
quake, early  in  the  morning,  w"*"  was  not  very  terrible,  tho  sensibly 
observed   by  many. 

Dec:  fi.      M''  Richard  Martin  jun  :t  deceased  of  the  snial  pox. 

1691.  Sometime  in  duly  or  Aug:|  this  year,  the  French  and  In- 
dians Came  upon  the  English  Forces  under  the  Conduct  of  Capt  John 
March,  Capt  Daniel  King,  Capt  Samuel  Sherburn  &c.  at  a  place 
Called  Mequoit,  when  most  of  the  Souldiers  were  gone  aboard  the 
vessels.  The  officers  on  shore  had  a  sharp  Conflict  with  them,  but 
were  forced  to  Retire  on  ship-board  with  tlie  Loss  of  Capt  Slierburn, 
&  some  others.      L'  .John  Allen  here  wounded,  w*  many  more. 

Jan.  2.5.  [1691-2.]  §  Monday,  10  clock  in  y"  morning,  the  Indians 
fell  upon  York  —  killed  about  48  persons  (whereof  y'  Rev:  m''  Dum- 
mer  was  one)  &  Carried  Captive  73. 

Sep.  28.  David  Hamelton,  Henry  Childe,  &c.  —  were  slain  by  In- 
dians at  Newick:  [i.  e.,  Newichawannock.] 

Sep.  29.  Many  persons  to  the  number  of  20  or  21,  killed  &  carryed 
away  at  Sandy-Beach. 

1692.  Dec.  25.  A  dolefull  and  tremendous  noise  was  affirmed  to  be 
heard  in  the  Ayr  nigh  Capt  Ger:  Garrison, ||  which  Continued  (with 
a  little  intermission)  near  half  an  hour. 

May  10,  1693.  Tobias  Handsonlf  killed  by  the  Indians  as  he  trav- 
elled the  path  near  the  west  Corner  of  Thomas  Downs  his  field. 

Octo:  15.  Sabbath-day  about  10  clock  in  y""  morning  A  Great 
Rumbling  noise  was  heard  by  many  towards  y"  north-east,  supposed 
to  be  a  Considerable  earth -quake. 

Jan.  21.  [169.3-4.]  Another  small  Earth-quake  happened  about 
two  hours  bef :  day. 

April  2,  1694.  M''  Richard  Martin  Sen:**  deceased  of  the  Leuco- 
phlegmatia,  after  half  a  years  Illness  under  y*  distemper. 

Jun:  18.  My  dear  daughter  Abigail  ended  this  life,  being  aged  six 
years,  two  moneths  &  15  days.  She  was  taken  with  sore  Grippings 
(occasioned  by  worms)  About  9  Sabbath  morning,  &  died  next  morn- 
insr  about  8. 


*  The  number  of  losses  is  greater  than  tliat  given  by  Cluirch  or  Williamson 
(i.  625),  but  it  covers  more  time. 

t  Of  Portsmouth.  Graduated  H.  C.  1680.  Captain  Church  mentions  small- 
pox at  Portsmouth  on  his  arrival  there,  Sept.  30,  lU'jO. 

I  Captain  Sherburne,  of  Porti^mouth,  was  killed  August  4. 

§  This  attack  upon  York  was  in  Jan.  1691-2.  Pike  puts  it  on  a  page  headed 
"  1691."  I  take  it,  of  course,  as  according  to  the  old  usage,  and  meaning 
1G91-2.  But  the  next  two  items  are  perplexing.  They  follow  as  if  in  order, 
and  therefore  in  169"2;  and  no  special  marks,  either  of  space,  ink,  or  penman- 
ship, indicate  that  thev  are  out  of  place.  Yet  Mather  and  Belknap  place  them 
in  1691. 

II  Captain  John  Gerrish's  garrison,  in  the  Bellamy  part  of  Cochecho. 

i  Tiie  one  whose  mother  was  killed,  and  his  wife  Klizabeth  caj)tured,  June 
28,  1689.     Strangely  his  children  hecame  Quakers. 
**  Of  Portsmouth,  counsellor. 


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July  18.  The  Indians  fell,  suddenly  &  unexpectedly  upon  Oyster- 
River*  about  break  of  Day.  Took  3  Garrisons  (being  deserted  or  not 
defended)  killed  &  Carried  away  94.  jiersons,  &  burnt  13  houses  — 
this  was  the  fr  act  of  hostility  Committed  by  y™  after  y"  peace  Con- 
cluded at  Pemmaqd. 

July  21.  M"  Ursula  Cutt  f  (with  3  others)  was  slain  p  Indians,  as 
y^  were  busy  ab'  hay  upon  her  plantation  near  boiling-Rock. 

July  27.  The  enemy  fell  upon  Gi'oton  ab'  day-break,  killed  22 
persons  &  Captivated  13. 

*  Extended  account  is  in  Belknap,  p.  138.  The  original  manuscript  state- 
ment to  which  he  refers  in  note,  p.  141,  I  liad  printed  in  the  "  Dover  Enquirer," 
Mem.  48-50.  See  also  Shea's  Charlevoix,  iv.  256.  Shea  refers  also  to  the 
relation  of  French  commander,  2  Canada  Doc  ,  vii.  Papers  in  the  Mass. 
Arciiives,  vol.  3,  pp.  480-3,  arc  :  Thomas  Packer,  at  Portsmouth,  July  18,  to 
Governor  Usher,  at  New  Castle,  witii  brief  statement;  Governor  Usher,  same 
day,  nine  o'clock,  am,  to  Governor  Phips,  enclosing  preceding,  and  asking  help; 
reply  of  Governor  Phips,  July  19  ;  Governor  Usher  to  Governor  Phips,  Jidy  21. 
endorsed  vvilh  action  in  sending  troops;  Secretary  Bedford,  at  I'ortsmouth, 
officially,  to  Governor  Piiips,  with  particulars.  Also,  vol.  8,  pp.  40-41,  deposi- 
tions of  Ann  Jenkins  and  Thomasine  Drew,  printed  in  N.  E.  Hist,  and  Gen. 
Reg.,  vol.  18.  See  also  Proceedings  of  Council,  "  N.  H.  Prov.  Papers,"  ii.  124 
et  ultra.  Pike  says  "  3  garrisons  "  were  taken  ;  Belknap  says  five ;  Charlevoix 
saj's  "  here  there  were  two  forts  "  carried  by  attack.  The  discrepancy  is  but 
nominal.  There  were  but  two  garrison  houses  carried  by  assault,  the  other 
three  taken  being  deserted  ;  and  Belknap  reckons  some  houses  with  palisades 
as  garrison  houses,  which  Pike  does  not.  Charlevoix  makes  the  absurd  state- 
ment that  "two  hundred  and  thirty  English  perished."  The  part  of  the  town 
attacked  did  not  have  that  amount  of  ])opulation,  while  seven  of  the  twelve 
garrisons  were  successfully  defended.  Villieu  claims  to  have  killed  104  persons, 
and  captured  27.  As  to  the  enemy's  force,  the  letter  of  Redford  estimates  it  at 
"not  less  than  three  liinidrcd  ;  "  and  Charlevoix  says  "  two  hundred  and  fifty 
Indians  from,"  etc.,  joined  by  "the  Abenaquis  of  the  elder  father  Bigot's 
mission."  Bedford's  letter  says  that  "  Donie  who  signed  the  peace  was  there ;  " 
Robin  Donie,  signer  of  the  peace  at  Pemaquid.  From  the  Durham  manuscript 
and  other  sources,  some  names  are  attainable.  Killed  :  John  Dean ;  "  old  Mr. 
Huckins  ;  "  a  woman  named  Chesley,  "  and  several  others  of  the  same  name ;  " 
Robert  Watson,  and  family  "  except  his  wife,"  —  yet  I  think  that  one  son 
escaped;  Ensign  John  Davis,  his  wife,  and  "  several  "  children;  Sarah  (Davis) 
Smith  (widow  of  James),  and  two  sons  ;  a  Clark;  a  Gellison  ;  Charles  Adams, 
and  a  son;  Samuel  Adams,  and  wife;  Edward  Leathers's  wife;  a  woman 
named  Jackson  ;  Zachariah  Edgerly  (son  of  Thomas) ;  a  child  of  Thomas 
Edgerly,  jun.  ;  Francis  Drew,  his  wife,  and  his  son  Benjamin  ;  a  Jenkins,  his 
grandmother,  and  his  child.  Of  the  captives  :  Two  daughters  of  Ensign  John 
Davis,  one  of  whom  returned,  the  other  remained  in  a  nunnery  ;  some  of  the 
family  of  Charles  Adams,  Jan.,  certainly  his  daughter  Ursula,  baptized  in  Canada, 
April  6,  1697  ;  Mrs.  Amblar ;  some  children  of  Thomas  Edgerly,  jun.  ;  Thomas 
Edgerly,  sen.,  a  daughter,  and  his  son  Joseph;  Thonias  Drew,  and  wife,  both 
of  whom  returned;  Ann,  wife  of  Jenkins  above,  and  three  children  (see  her 
deposition  in  Mass.  Archives,  vol.  8,  p.  46  ;  and,  probably,  Joseph  Watson, 
who  was  re-bajitized  in  Canada,  April  28,  1697.  In  list  of  sixteen  "  Captives 
Rec<'  Aboard  the  Province  Galley"  17  Jan'y,  1698-9,  (Mass.  Archives,  vol.. 
70,  p.  398,)  are  Elizabeth  Egerly,  Susanna  Egerly,  and  John  Derry,  all  of  Oyster 
River;  and  of  those  remaining  in  captivity,  Juda  Emerson,  of  Oyster  River,  and 
Peter  Denbow.  Woodman's  garrison,  successfully  defended,  is  still  standing, 
having  been  carefully  preserved.  The  late  John  S.  Woodman,  professor  in 
Dartmoutii  College,  told  me  that  he  had  seen  the  bullet-holes  when  the  old  tim- 
bers were  uncovered  during  repairs  of  the  building. 

t  Widow  of  President  John  Cutt. 


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Aug.  20.  The  Indians  killed  Henry  Barns,  Edward  Hammonds 
&  his  wife,  as  y-"'  were  work  iu  a  field  at  Spruce-Creek* —  &  the  same 
day  Dan:  Leviston  with  a  Lad  at  York. 

Aug.  24.  Plight  persons  killed  &  Captivated  at  Long-Reach,  5  at 
Downings,  &  3  at  Tobys. f 

Sep.  4.  Joseph  Pike  t  &  Richard  Long  were  slain  by  the  Indians, 
as  y''  travelled  th(^  head  of  the  further  end  of  pond-plain.  The  enemy 
lay  in  a  deserted  house  by  the  way,  or  in  a  clump  of  bushes,  or  both. 

Nov.  19.     Bommazeen  with  two  other  Indians  seized  at  Pemmaqd.§ 

Jan.  2L  [1G94-0.]  Marshal  Roberts  ||  died,  after  3  months  Illness, 
viz.  grt  swelling  with  y"  Dropsie. 

1695.  —  Mar.  28.  Sergeant  Isaac  Tilton  &  Peter  Dill  going  off 
with  a  small  birchen  Can  no  into  Pemmaquid-Sound  ;  were  by  a  sudden 
Gust  of  wind  and  snow  overwhelmed,  &  both  drown'd. 

Two  souldrs  taken  near  Saco-Fort,  one  killed,  the  other  (nomine 
Dean)  Carryed  away. 

May  '2'2.     Eight  Captives  brought  in  to  Pemraaqd. 

July  6  Capt  Haramons  T[  taken  by  the  Indians,  as  he  was  seeking 
a  Cow  in  Kittery  woods  next  day  Goodwife  Johnson  of  York 
wounded  by  an  unseen  Indian,  of  w'*"  wound  she  died  —  next  week 
two  men  kilP  at  P^xiter. 

Aug.  [5].  Rogers's**  house  taken  at  Billerica,  &  15  or  16  persons 
killed  &  Carryed  away. 

Aug.  Serj:  Tho:  Haly  kilF  p  Ind"'  a  little  out  of  Saco-Fort. 

Sep.  9.  Serj:  Hugh  March,tt  Ed:  Sargeant,  John  Linkhorn,  &  Tho: 
Johnson  were  slain,  &  six  more  wounded  at  Peminaqd,  as  they  were 
going  round  an  high  rocky  point  above  the  Barbican. 

Octo:  7.  Browns  house  taken  at  newberry  Xt  by  5  Indians,  9  per- 
sons Carried  away.  Cp  Greenlife  wounded  pursuing  the  enemy. 
Captives  all  retaken,  but  some  of  y™,  viz.  [no  names  given]  died  of 
y*  wounds. 

Mar.  3.  [1695-6.]  M"  James  Ailing  minister  of  Salisbury  died, 
after  3  moneths  sore  sickness  with  dry  Gripes. 

Dorothy  Stockman§§  died  Mar.  18,  [1695-6],  after  half  years  sick- 
ness with  Consump: 


*  In  Kittery. 
t  In  Kittery. 

I  Both  were  of  Newbury,  and  were  killed  in  Haverhill.  See  Coffin's  "New- 
bury," 160.  Josepii  Pike  was  son  of  Rev.  Mr.  Pike's  uncle  John.  A  "  deputy- 
sheriff,"  says  Hutchinson,  ii.  80. 

§  A  letter  of  Mr.  Pike,  then  chaplain  at  Pemaquid,  .Jan.  7,  1694-5,  main- 
taining the  propriety  of  this  seizure,  is  in  Hutchinson,  ii.  81,  note.  See  note  to 
date  Feb.  16,  1695-6. 

II  John  Roberts,  son  of  Thomas.  Appointed  marshal  of  New  Hampshire 
early  in  1680;  resigned  in  December  following. 

IT  Josepli  Hammond,  ransomed  by  Matthew  Carey  in  October,  1695. 
**  See  Savage's  Dictionary,  under  "  Rogers,  John,  of  Watertown." 
tt  March  and  Sergeant  were  of  Newbury.     See  "  marriages,"  ultra,  June  3, 
1695. 

tt  See  Coffin's  "Newbury,"  161. 
§§  Daughter  of  Mr.  Pike's  sister  Sarah. 

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18 

Doctor  Fletcher*  deceased  Sep.  5,  1 695. 

Maj''  Elias  Stileman  expired  Dec.  19,  1695. 

M'  Sam:  Philips  mil/  of  Rowley  dyed.     [April  22,  1696.] 

M""  John  Richardson  min''  of  Newben-y  dyed.     [April  27,  1696.] 

Feb:  16:  95[-6].  Sab:  day.  Edggeremmet  &  Henqd  two  saga- 
mores, with  another  Indian  slain  upon  a  treaty  at  Pemmaqd,  &  a  fourth 
taken  alive. f 

May  7,  96.  John  Church  sen:  slain  by  the  Indians,  (as  he 
travelled  to  seek  his  horse)  upon  a  little  hill  betwixt  Cochecho  & 
Tole-end.J 

Jun.  24,  96.  Tho:  Cole,  Jeremy  Storer,  Josias  Littlefield  &  y' 
wives,  travilling  towards  night  betwixt  York  &  Wells,  were  assaulted 
by  the  Ind"^  Cole  and  his  wife  killed,  the  rest  escaped,  only  Storers 
wife  wounded. 

Jun.  26,  96.  The  Indians  fell  upon  Sagamores  Creek  §  &.  Sher- 
burns-plain,  killed  [Wcm^]  persons,  burnt  3  houses,  &  Carried  away 
4  captives,  w"''  were  soon  retaken. 

July  26,  96.  Being  sacrament  day.  An  Ambush  of  Indians  layd 
between  Capt  Ger:  field,  &  Tobias  Hansons  Orchard, ||  shot  upon  the 
poor  peo:  returning  from  Meeting,  killed  Nicho:  Otice,  Mary  Downs, 
&  Mary  Jones.  Wounded  Rich:  Otice,  Antho:  Lowden,  &  Exp:  Heard, 
took  John  Tucker,  Nic:  Otices  w:  &  Judith  Riccor. 

Aug:  13,  96.  Old  John  Hoyt  of  Amsbury,  &  young  Peters  of 
Andover,  were  slain  upon  the  road  by  Indians  between  Andover  and 
Haver. 

Aug.  ,  96.  Pemmaqd-Fort  basely  yielded  \\p  to  the  Indians  & 
French.^ 


*  Dr.  John  Eletcher,  of  Portsmouth.  Many  references  to  him  are  in  Ports- 
rcouth  records. 

t  For  this  shameful  breach  of  faith,  see  Wilhamson's  "Maine,"  i.  642. 
Hutchinson,  ii.  90.  Governor  Stoughton,  in  letter  Jan.  21,  1695-6,  complained 
of  "  treasons  and  barbarities."  In  the  reply  of  tlie  Abanakis,  purporting  to  be 
signed  by  Ekesambanet,  it  is  said  :  "  Last  autumn  we  carried  to  Saco  and  Pem- 
kuit  our  flag  which  was  common  to  thee  and  to  me  ;  we  had  only  one.  On 
being  carried  to  Pemkuit  thou  didst  seize  it.  When  carried  to  ISaco  tiiou  cov- 
eredst  it  with  blood.  .  .  .  What  thou  sayest  I  retort  on  thyself.  .  .  .  Seize  those 
who  killed  me  at  Saco,  and  made  me  prisoner  at  Pemkuit." — Nanative,  1690, 
N.  Y.  Col.  Doc,  ix.  615.     See  Same,  ix.  643. 

t  For  John  Church,  see  date  June  28,  1689.  Niles,  3  Mass.  Hist.  Coll., 
vi.  238,  erroneously  puts  this  in  1695,  as  also  the  whole  of  his  paragrapli.  Tole- 
End  is  still  so  known ;  "  Mr.  Towle's  End ''  was  an  early  entry  in  Dover 
records. 

§  Sagamore's  Creek,  etc.,  in  Portsmouth.  Belknap,  page  142,  says  fourteen 
were  killed;  the  names,  and  fullest  account  given  in  Brewster's  "  Kambles 
about  Portsmouth,"  i.  69-73. 

II  In  Dover.  The  Otis  names  are  in  Savage.  For  Anthony  Lowden,  see 
"  marriages,"  ultra,  Sept.  16,  1696.  For  Experience  Heard,  see  date  Feb.  8, 
1699-1700.  Judith  Ricker  was  daughter  of  George,  for  whom  see  date  June  4, 
1706. 

T  See  Hutchinson,  ii.  89,  who  doubts  whether  the  work  could  have  been 
successfully  defended  against  the  force  brouglit  against  it.  It  was  an  open,  not 
casemate,  work,  and  the  enemy  was  well  provided  with  artillery.  See  French 
contemporaneous  account,  N.  Y.  Col.  Doc,  ix.  658. 


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Aug:  15,  96.  Jonath  Hains  of  Haver:  &  his  4  children  Carried 
away  by  Indians. 

Aug.  25,  96.  L°'  Lock*  slain  by  the  Indians  at  Sandy-beach. 
Soon  after  Arnold  Breck  &c.  shot  at  betwixt  Hampton  &  Greenland. 

Aug.  27,  96.     David  Davis  killed  by  the  Ind"'  at  Lubber-land.f 

Octo:  13,  96.  five  soldiers  belonging  to  Saco-fort,  killed  or  carried 
away  by  the  Indians,  the  sixth  (being  wounded)  made  his  escape. 

Feb.  10,  96[-7].     Ben:  Heard,  Jun :  $  died  of  malignant  fever. 

Feb.  20,  96[-7].     Sam:  Heard  died  of  the  same  distemper. § 

Feb.  27,  96[-7].  Robert  Evens  sen.||  died  of  a  Cancer  after  9 
moneths  painful  exercise. 

Feb.  27,  96[-7].  John  Allin  of  Salsbury  died  very  suddenly  at 
Jemaica. 

Mar:  15,  9f.  The  Indians  fell  upon  some  part  of  Haverhill,  about 
7  in  the  morning,  killed  &  carried  away  39  or  40  persons  —  two  of 
these  Captive  women,  viz.  Dustan  &  Neff  (with  another  young  man) 
slew  ten  of  the  Indians,  &  returned  home  w"'  y"  scalps.H 

Mar.  16,  9f.  Elder  Wentworth**  deceased  a  few  days  after  he  was 
taken  .speechles  with  a  sudden  shivering. 

Mar.  18,  9f.     John  Jones  died  of  malignant  fever. 

Mar.  96[-7].     John  Horn  ft  died  of  y^  same  disease. 

Ap.  12.  97.  Will™  Hornft  died  of  malignant  fever  and  soon  after 
his  sister  Margaret  with  the  same  distemper. 

Ap.  28,  97.  John  Hall,  sen:|t  drowned  coming  up  the  River  in  a 
little  float,  near  Green-point. 

May  20,  97.     Young  Moulton  taken  by  the  Indians  at  York. 

Jun.  10,  97.  John  Young  of  Exiter  slain  by  y''  Indians,  his  son 
wounded,  §§  Luke  Wells  (&  a  lad  at  Salsbury)  the  same  day  Carried 
away. 

July  4,  97.     M""  Joshua  Moodey||||  deceased  of  a  wasting  Consump: 

*  Lieutenant  John  Locke.     Sandy  Beach  is  in  Rye. 

I  In  Durham,  on  the  Great  Bay.  Attempts  to  prove  this  name  to  be  origi- 
nally "  Lover-land  "  were  a  failure. 

t  I  cannot  identify  this  Benjamin.     If  it  was  "  Sen.,"  there  would  be  no 
difficulty.     A  Benjamin,  Jr.,  was  taxed  1093. 
§  Son  of  the  first  John 

II  The  first  Evans  in  Dover. 

i[  Mr.  Pike  entered  this  item  next  after  the  one  dated  April  28. 

**  The  return  of  appraisers,  made  April  4  following,  says  that  he  died  March 
15.  Tliis  was  Elder  William  Wentworth,  specially  mentioned  by  Belknap 
(p.  128)  as  saving  Heard's  garrison  in  the  massacre  of  1689.  He  was  baptized 
at  Altord,  Lincolnshire,  March  15,  1615-16;  of  the  Exeter  Combination,  1639; 
ancestor  of  the  three  governors  of  the  name.  A  privately  printed  genealogy, 
in  two  volumes  octavo,  pp.  xlvii.  547,  880,  is  accessible  in  a  few  libraries,  a 
copy  being  in  the  library  of  this  Societj'. 

tt  John  Horn  and  William  Horn  were  sons  of  William,  who  was  killed  June 
28,  1689. 

Jl  John  Hall,  Sen.,  was  son  of  Deacon  John.  He  was  representative  from 
Dover  the  year  of  his  death. 

§§  Belknap,  and  Niles,  give  the  fact,  without  names. 

nil  The  e.xcellent  minister  of  Portsmouth,  father  of  Mr.  Pike's  wife.  Phebe 
Heard  was  wife  of  Jolin  (the  one  wounded),  who  was  son  of  James,  and  grand- 
son of  the  first  John.  See  letter  in  N.  E.  Hist,  and  Gen.  Reg.,  iii.  165. 
Trooper  Smith  was  Nicholas,  and  Simpson's  name  wa§  Henry. 


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at  Boston,  sab:  day,  little  past  5  afternoon.  —  Maj"^  Charles  Frost  slain 
by  the  Indians  (as  Returned  from  Meeting  betwixt  Smiths  Gar:  and 
his  own)  the  same  day,  &  near  about  the  same  time.  Also  Dennis 
Downing  &  Phebe  Heard  slain  at  the  same  time,  &  John  Heard 
wounfled — Next  monday  or  Tuesday  trooper  Smith  and  young  Simp- 
son kill''  coming  post  from  Wells. 

July  29,  97.  M"  Sarah  Gerrish*  died  of  the  fever  &  bleeding  — 
Same  day  James  Goodden  (w"*  two  souldiers)  slain  by  the  Indians  as 
y^  were  at  work  in  y*"  meadow,  &  Will'"  Gooden  wounded. 

Aug.  7,  97.  L'  Fembleton  Fletcher  &  his  two  sons  taken  by  the 
Indians,  &  3  souldiers  of  Saco-fort  slain  as  y^  were  Landing  at  Cow- 
Island,  but  one  of  his  sons  was  the  same  day  Retaken  with  the  slaugh- 
ter of  3  or  4  enemy  Indians. 

Nov.  15,  97.  Tho:  Chesley,  seu:t  slain  by  y*  Indians  not  far  from 
Johnsons  Creek.  Will  Jackson  taken'  at  the  same  time,  &  at  same 
time  made  his  escape. 

Sep.  5,  97.  French  landed  upon  Cape-Cod,  took  4  sloops  &  a 
Lighter,  were  repulsed  by  y"  English  &  Cape-Indians — 2  Frenchmen 
killed,  5  taken  prisoners  —  5  driven  into  the  woods. 

Sep.  Maj''  March  fought  y'^  Indians  &c.  at  Winnegance  t  — 

12  of  ours  slain,  and  12  wounded.  Capt  Dimmock  slain.  Joseph 
Jacob  slain.  Capt.  Whiting  wounded  in  the  head,  &  Capt  Philipps 
in  the  thigh.     Tlie  enemy  lost  near  about  the  same  number  &  fled. 

Feb.  22,  ||.  About  30  Indians  came  to  Andover,  took  Col.  Brad- 
streets  house  and  two  more,  killed  Capt  Pasco  Chub  §  and  his  wife, 
Maj:  Wades  son  of  Mystick,  and  two  others.  Carried  Col:  B.  family 
a  little  way,  &  upon  Cond:  Released  them.  As  y^  returned  by  Haver- 
hill they  met  with  Jonath:  Hains,  and  Sam:  Ladd,  with  y"^  elder  sons. 
The  two  fathers  were  slain,  &  the  sons  Carried  away,  but  young 
Hains  soon  after  Returned,  which  was  his  second  escape  from  the 
enemy  in  less  than  two  years  time. 

May  9,  98.  Enoch  Hutchins  ||  was  killed  by  the  Indians  at  Spruce- 
Creek,  as  he  was  at  work  in  his  field,  &  three  of  his  sonsH  Carried 
away.  The  same  day  Joseph  Pray  of  York  was  wounded,  it  is  likely 
by  the  same  Indians,  w™  he  supposed  to  be  15  in  number. 

This  summer  was  generally  wet  &  pritty  hot  especially  from  y" 
first  week  in  June,  but  from  y"  middle  of  Aug:  it  proved  exceeding 
wet  to  y*"  great  hindrance  and  dammage  of  husbandry. 

*  Sarah  Gerrish,  grand-(lau£iliter  of  Major  Waldern.  See  note  to  date  June 
28,  168'.).     Goodwin  and  tlie  others  were  killed  at  Newicliawannock. 

t  Thomas  Chesley,  Sen.,  of  Oyster  River;  son  of  riiilip  the  emigrant. 

J  Winnegance  Creek,  on  the  Kennebec-k. 

§  Captain  Chubb,  who  killed  Egeremet  and  others,  in  violation  of  good  faith, 
as  see  date  Feb.  IB,  1695-6  ;  and  who  surrendered  Pemaquid. 

II  "An  old  nian,"  says  Williamson,  who  docs  not  give  the  name. 

IT  Two  of  the  sons  were  Jonathan  and  Samuel.  Among  "  Captives  ReC*  " 
Jan.  17,  1698-9  (Mass.  Archives,  vol.  70,  p.  398),  is  "Samuel  Hatchings  of 
Spruce  Creek,  taken  in  May  Last."  Same  date,  remaining  a  captive,  "  Benj'n 
Hatchings  of  Spruce  Creek."  Vol.  70,  p.  525,  in  list  of  those  for  whom  Benja- 
min Hutchings  and  others  petition  for  help  to  ransom,  May  29,  1704,  "  Jonathan 
Hutchins  taken  from  Kittery  May  9th  1698,  agged  about  fifteen  years." 


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Sep.  30.  Was  a  violent  south-east  storm  that  blew  down  many 
fences  &  shattered  y"  tops  of  some  houses  &  barns. 

Octo.  13.  A  violent  north-east  storm  produced  y*  like  effects, 
nearer  y®  sea  it  fell  Rain,  higher  up  the  country  snow. 

Octo.  15.  Samuel  Cult  *  deceased,  after  a  weeks  sickness  of  y" 
feaver. 

Octo:  19.  A  violent  northest  storm  of  Rain  which  melting  the 
prementioned  snow  caused  an  extraord:  freshet  flowing  higher  than  y" 
observation  of  oldest  standers  (in  these  parts),  can-ied  away  many 
Loggs  &  boards,  &  endangered  the  very  mills. 

Nov.  11.      Removed  my  family  from  the  Bank  to  Dover. 

Jan.  2 1 ,  [  1 G98-9.]  Tho:  Downs  sen'' :  f  died  after  one  moneths  sick- 
ness, wanting  only  12  days  of  87  years  old. 

[March  13,  1698-9.]  "jan.  31,  lG98[-9].  My  dear  daughter  Mar- 
garet was  born  about  sun-rising  Tuesday,  lived  41  days,  died  Mar. 
13,  98-99,  about  break  of  day.  She  had  been  grievously  afflicted 
with  the  snuffles,  but  had  no  symtoms  of  death  till  about  8  or  9  even- 
ing. 

t April  21,  1699.]  Dec.  22,  1697  — My  dear  daughter  Abigail 
secunda  was  born  betwixt  ten  and  eleven  in  the  fore-noon  Wednes- 
day—  lived  just  sixteen  moneths,  died  of  a  long,  grievous,  consumptive 
cough  — All.  21,  1699. 

Jun.  21.  Wedensday  Capt  William  Boswell  of  Salisl  ury  deceased. 
He  performed  his  service  well  on  the  sab-day,  &  went  to  bed  well  at 
night,  but  was  taken  speechles  about  twell  at  night,  ct  so  Remained 
till  he  died  the  next  Wedensday  morning,  his  dystempcr  was  called 
dead-palsy. 

July  20.  Ben  Begworth  drowned  at  Great  Island  $  about  2  clock 
night.     Tis  feared  he  was  mucli  in  drink. 

Dec.  18.  John  Foss  y"  taylor  §  deceased  after  half  years  sickness 
with  yellow  Jaundice. 

Jan.  31,  [1699-1700.]  Happen'd  a  Considerable  earth-quake  about 
one  clock  in  the  day,  and  another  the  night  following  if  it  was  not  a 
clap  of  thunder. 

Experience  Heard  —  alias  Jenkin  was  scaljied  by  the  Indians  July 
26,  1()96.  Recovered  &  lived  to  have  one  child,  died  chiefly  of  her 
wounds  bleeding,  Feb.  8,  1699[-1700].|| 

Mar.  12,  \G9j%.  My  Ant  Fletcher,ir  departed  this  life,  after  about 
40  hours  sicknes. 

Mar.  15.     My   uncle   dyed  also   with   the   same  distemper.     They 


*  Samuel  Cutt,  apparently  son  of  President  Cutt,  mentioned  in  his  will. 

t  Tiiomas  Downs,  Sen.,  who  came  to  Boston  in  1635,  to  Dover  about  1657. 

J  Now  New  Castle. 

§  Not  of  the  Rye  famih',  whose  head  was  John,  but  a  distinct  family,  fre- 
quently writing  the  name  Forst.  This  John's  will  is  signed  Fost.  Tradition 
gives  this  family  a  German  origin.     Descendants  adopt  Foss. 

li  I  doubt  the  statement  that  this  was  the  Experience  (Otis),  wife  of  Samuel 
Heard.     John  Heard  (first)  had  a  daughter  Experience. 

T[  Wife  of  Josepli  Fletcher,  of  next  date,  of  Salisbury.  Joseph  married  June 
18,  1660,  but  tiie  name  of  wife  is  gone  from  record. 


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were  first  taken  with  a  colJ  shivering,  which  issued  in  a  strong  fever, 
&  soon  Ciiniecl  y™  off. 

Mar,  22,  16f  ■}.  Granmother  Collins*  departed  this  life,  being  very 
aged,  and  many  years  shaken  with  the  palsy,  yet  Retained  her  under- 
standing wonderf'ull  well. 

Ap:  3,  1700.  Nathaniel  Heardf  departed  this  life  after  4  days 
sickness  with  a  violent  feaver. 

May  10.  Ensign  W'"  Allin  of  Salsbury  died  of  a  fall  from  his 
horse. 

Mny  13.  M"^  Samuel  Wheelwright  of  Wells  deceased  after  half  a 
years  sicknes  with  dropsy  &  black-jaundice  :  it  first  began  with  an  ague 
in  his  broken  shin. 

Sep:  6.  Travelling  in  Amsbury  woods  with  two  more  in  my  Com- 
pany ;  we  killed  a  Rattle-snake  near  Hunts  new  field  w*"*"  had  three 
Rattles  in  y"  end  of  his  Tail,  with  which  he  made  a  prodigious  &  ter- 
rible noise. 

Nov.  22.  A  poor  wretch  at  Newberry, |  called  Hesther  Rogers 
murdered  her  bastard-child,  (had  by  a  negro)  and  Cast  it  into  the 
pond  behind  y"  Meeting-house. 

Mar:  IS,  170^.  Sara  Roberts  deceased  after  half  years  illness 
with  a  violent  pain  in  her  head,  it  brought  her  to  faintg  fitts,  in  one 
of  w"''  she  died. 

Anno  1701,  May  29.  M"  Bridget  Grafford§  deceased  after  three 
moneths  sickness,  with  a  kind  of  wasting  Consumption. 

July  7.  The  Honorable  William  Stogton  deceased,  after  he  had 
foithfully  served  his  Country  in  the  place  of  L*.  Gov:  many  years. 

Aug.  31.  Our  brother  Tho:  Spinney  deceased  after  half  a  years 
Illness  &  swelling  with  the  Dropsie. 

Dec.  23.  Tho  Hermon  of  York  going  in  a  Cannoe  from  Piscata- 
qua  to  York,  was  blown  off  to  sea  and  lost,  by  a  strong  north-west 
wind. 

1702.  —  Oct:  21.  Removed  my  family  from  Dover  to  Salisbury, 
being  4  years  after  my  Removal  from  the  Bank  thither,  wanting  27 
days. 

My  Dear  son  Samuel  was  born  1695,  Ap.  1,  betwixt  two  &  3  of 
the  clock  afternoon  Monday.  Lived  seven  years,  seven  months, 
twenty  eight  days.  Died  Nov.  29  1702,  sab-morning,  after  two  days 
Relapse  into  a  fever  his  principal  malady  was  sore  throat  and  caput- 
dolor     The  joy  of  my  heart. 

Children   Like  Jonahs   Gourd,  much  Comfort  may  afford 
Unto  their  parents  Dear, 

*  Savage  places  this  death  (without  opinion)  in  connection  with  Anthony 
Collins,  of  New  Hampshire.  But  Rev.  Joshua  Moodey  married  a  daughter  of 
Edward  Collins,  of  Cambridge.  The  "  grandmother  "  was  therefore  Mrs.  Pike's 
mother's  mother. 

t  Son  of  the  first  John  Heard. 

I  See  Coffin's  "  Newbury,"  167-8. 

§  Daugliter  of  Kichard  Cutt  (brother  of  President  John).  Her  (second) 
husband,  Thomas  Graffort,  was  commissioned  counsellor  in  1692. 


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But  y"  like  tender  flowers,  Deaths  fatal  stroke  devours 

Which  causeth  many  a  tear. 
Surely  there's  no  Return,  from  Graves  dai-k,  silent  urn, 

Contented  be  we  must, 
And  Rest  in  Gods  dispose,  our  heavenly  father  knows 

What's  best  for  y"'  &  us. 
Let's  therf:  mourn  in  hope,  the  Lord  of  life  hath  spoke 

Let  little  ones  Come  to  me, 
Gods  Covenant  shal  endure,  ordred  in  all  &  sure 

Till  our  dear  Children  we 
Shal  meet  again  in  Bliss  ;  &  never  part  —  Let  this 

Our  Consolation  be. 

Dec.  23.  Old  sister  Downs*  died  with  Illness,  age,  &  sutFering.  — 
Richard  Cater  died  same  day  of  small  pox. 

Jan  24  [1702-3.]  Sab.  God  was  pleased  to  Renew  my  sorrows 
by  taking  away  the  Desire  of  mine  eyes,  vis.  my  dearly  beloved  wife 
Sarah,  with  whom  I  had  Lived  happily  for  the  space  of  22  years 
Lacking  three  moneth  &  twelve  days.  She  died  of  a  disease  called 
peripneumonia  after  ten  days  sickness.  This  was  preceeded  with 
some  Consumptive  symtoms  for  near  the  space  of  a  twelve  moneth  or 
more,  which  perhaps  might  be  the  effect  of  a  certain  hurt  she  received 
in  her  breast  about  six  or  seven  years  bef:  She  was  inhumed  Jan. 
28.  —  The  Lord  giveth,  and  the  Lord  taketh  away.  Let  me  say  — 
blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

1703.  —  Aug.  10,  About  *J  or  10  oclock  Tuesday  morning,  the 
eastern  Indians  (notwithstanding  y""  many  solemn  and  newly  Repeated 
protestations  of  Continuing  peace  w""  the  English)!  did  yet  join  with 
the  French,  and  in  a  very  perfidious  and  barbarous  manner  falling 
upon  the  eastern  parts  from  Casco  to  y"  East  end  of  Wells  committed 
many  grievous  outrages  &  massacres  upon  y"  poor  peo:  Killed  to  the 
number  of  73.  Captivated  to  the  number  of  95  :  with  much  impor- 
tunity they  allured  JMajor  March  out  of  Casco-fort,  pretending  to 
renew  y*  peace  &  satisfie  some  rumors  y'  were  bruited  to  y"  contrary, 
when  under  the  Queens  Colours,  they  treacherously  set  upon  him, 
but  God  was  pleased  to  deliver  him,  &  the  Fort  also  tho  they  fought 
agst  it  many  days,  —  Only  Jabez  Garlands  gar:  Winter  harbour  was 
taken  by  Comp:  after  it  had  been  two  days  manfully  defended. —  This 
was  their  first  act  of  hostility,  or  real  breaking  forth  after  an  interval 
of  five  years  peace. 

Aug.  17.  A  party  of  skulking  Indians  came  in  upon  the  south- 
end  of  Hampton  towards  Salsbury,  where  y^  killed  the  widow  Mussey, 

*  Widow  of  tlie  first  Thomas,  of  Dover. 

t  A  kind  of  peace  had  been  concluded  at  Casco  Bay,  in  conference  com- 
mencing the  preceding  June  20th.  Pike  calls  the  attack  "  perfidious."  Possibly 
the  Indians  considered  the  j)lunder  of  Castine's  liouse  by  lawless  Englishmen, 
during  the  same  peace,  "  perfidious,"  althoiigli  the  government  promptly  prom- 
ised the  punishment  of  the  offenders.  —  Mr.  Pike's  record  of  Fasts  says,  "i)ies 
jejunis  apud  Dover,  Aug.  19,  1708.  Tex.  Joel  2.  [worn).  Twas  tin-ned  from  a 
private  to  a  pub:  fast  upon  the  sudden  breaking  forth  of  the  warr." 


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Tho:  Lancaster,  Jonath:  Green,  Nicolas  Bond,  and  Will:  Hinkleys 
Child.  This  was  done  an  hour  or  two  bef:  night.  They  also  rifled 
two  houses,  &  went  off.* 

Octo.  6.  Capt.  Rich''  Hanwell,  L*  John  Badson,  Nath:  Foxhall, 
Ben:  Sargeant,  Fembleton  Fletcher,  Will™  James,  &  many  more  to 
the  number  of  20  men,  going  out  from  the  Gar:  at  Black-point  f  to 
fetch  in  Cattle  or  swine  were  all  [blank]  b}^  an  Ambushmt  of  the 
enemy  except  .John  Boden  who  escaped  by  flight.  A  solemn  spot  in 
which  tlie  principal  inhabitants  of  Black-point  and  Winter-harbour 
were  Cut  off.  The  enemy  supposed  to  be  in  number  about  120  per- 
sons. 

Oct:  7  at  night.  Cap:  Hollands  shijj  was  by  violence  of  the  storm 
driven  ashore  upon  Grt-Island  rocks  staved  &  sunk. 

Octo.  13.  About  sun-set  the  Indians  stole  in  upon  Arthur  Brag- 
den's  house  at  York  (hard  by  the  gar:)  killed  his  wife,  and  two  chil- 
dren.     Carried  his  eldest  daughter  Captive. 

Octo:  14.  Cap:  Eason  came  in  from  England  with  first  Mast  ship. 
Brought  over  John   Usher  Leutenant  Governor  of  New   Hampshire. $ 

Octo.  26.  Souldiers  returned  from  y"  second  expedition  towards 
Pegwakket,§  brought  in  6  Indian  scalps  &  5  Captives,  all  squaws  and 
children  (both  killed  and  taken)  except  one  old  man. 

Octo.  30.  One  Christopher  Patrick,  a  souldier  was  slain  by  the 
Indians  betwixt  Quamphegin  &  Salmon-falls,  above  half  an  hour  after 
sunset.  He  had  5  guns  discharged  upon  him  &  was  shot  with  many 
bullets. 

Nov.  1.3.  My  dear  friend  mr  John  Wade  min''  of  Berwick 
deceased  after  two  days  sickness  with  fever  and  sore-throat.  He  was 
taken  ill  on  Thursday,  grew  delirious  on  fryday  &  died  on  y"  Saturday 
about  eleven  of  clock.  11 


*  Widow  Muzzey,  "a  famous  preacher  among  the  people  called  Quakers, 
and  by  them  especially  greatly  lamented,"  says  ^iles.  Lancaster  was  grandson 
of  Henry,  mentioned  date  July  18,  1705. 

t  In  Scarborough. 

t  Usher  came  back  with  his  reappointment  as  lieutenant-governor.  Sewall 
speaks  of  a  "  fleet  of  mast  ships,  with  a  war  vessel." 

§  Colonel  Marcii  commanding.  See  Penhallow,  N.  H.  Hist.  Col.,  i.  27. 
Pequawket  was  the  country  about  Frj^eburg,  once  occupied  by  the  Sokokis. 
Hutchinson,  ii.  131,  date  1703,  says  the  French  "  drew  off,  about  this  time,  a 
great  number  of  the  Abenaquis  families  from  Penobscot,  Norridgewock,  Saco, 
&c.,  and  settled  them  at  Hecancour  and  St.  Francis,  in  Canada  ;  "  and  quotes 
Charlevoix,  who  says,  more  fully  (v.  167),  that  "  de  Vaudreuil  seized  the  op- 
portunity "  of  the  exposure  of  the  Abenaquis  "  to  execute  a  design,"  &c.  "  He 
proposed  to  these  Indians  to  come  and  reside  in  the  colony,  and  they  consented." 
His  design  "  was  to  oppose  a  barrier  to  the  Iroquois  in  case  those  Indians  were 
induced  by  the  English  to  renew  the  war."  This  accounts  for  the  deserted 
condition  of  Pequawket. 

II  .John  Wade,  H.  C.  1693.  Came  to  Berwick,  it  is  said,  in  1700,  but  not 
ordained  until  1702.  "Jun.  4,  1702.  Dies  jejunis  pra;eedens  ordinationi  pas- 
toris  apud  Barwick.  Tex  :  prior,  Eph.  3:  17.  Tex  :  sec''  :  Act  11.  23." — Pike's 
'•  [Record  of  Fasts."  Mr.  Pike  preached  also  at  his  funeral ;  his  record  of  Fasts 
saying,  "  Nov.  16,  1703.  Concio  funebris  in  mortem  Domini  Wade  (qui  decessit 
Nov.   13)  pastoris    Barwick.      Tex.  Rev.    14.    13."  —  Mr.   Wade  married   (Mr. 


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Nov.  22.  A  pool-  mau  lost  his  life  going  after  his  Team  in  y*  night 
between  Boston  &  Roxbury.  that  day  and  the  next  were  extream  Cold 
&  windy. 

Nov.  30  was  a  very  stormy  day  much  Rain  with  a  strong  southest 
wind  &  extream  high  Tyde,  y'  did  much  damage  to  wharves,  ware- 
houses, bridges  &  vessels.      Carried  away  many  stacks  of  hay. 

Dec.  20.  Three  souldiers  at  Saco  slain  by  the  Indians  &  two  Car- 
ried away  as  y"'  were  fetching  wood  to  the  Fort. 

Dec.  31.      Very  cold  high  north  west  wind  after  a  thaw. 

Jan.  15.  [1703-4.]  Died,  mrs  Joanna  Clements  Relict  of  m' 
Job  Clements  sen.*  in  y"  87  year  of  her  age,  after  ten  days  sicknes 
with  a  fever  &  other  Infirmities. 

Jan.  20.  [1703-4,]  Benjamin  y*  son  of  James  &  Nath:  the  son  of 
Stephen  Coffin,  were  (with  4  Indians)  drowned  going  in  a  Whale-boat 
from  Martins- Vineyard  to  Nantucket. 

Jan.  28.  [1703-4.]  About  9  or  10  in  the  morning,  the  Indians 
(to  the  number  of  30  or  40)  made  an  attack  upon  Andrew  Neals 
Garrison  in  the  Lower  part  of  Berwick,!  killed  a  poor  maid,  wounded 
a  Lad  who  made  his  escape  &  was  healed,  burnt  9  houses,  killed  many 
Cattel,  had  one  of  y""  own  Crew  sorely  wounded,  if  not  slain,  &  so  drew 
off. 

Feb.  8.  [1703-4.]  About  3  or  4  of  y*  clock  afternoon,  Jo:  Brad- 
leys  house  taken  at  Haverhill  by  6  Indians,  13  persons  were  killed, 
&  0  carried  away,  wherof  one  returned.  3  more  persons  escaped  out 
of  y^  house,  and  one  Indian  was  slain  in  it  by  Jonathan  Johnson. 

Mar.  [1703-4.]  About  midnight  the  French  and  Indians  set 
upon  Deertield,  burnt  17  houses,  killed  above  50  persons  :  Captivated 
upwards  of  90  amongst  which  m"'  Williams  y""  Minister.  In  this  attack 
the  enemy  lost  30  or  40  men. 

Mar.  7.  [1703-4.]  Elizabeth  Dam,  having  been  excommunicated  for 
y"  sin  of  drunkennes,  &  so  continued  for  y"  space  of  5  years,  was 
awfully  lost  in  a  very  stormy  night  at  Portsmo:  Tis  feared  she  was 
disordered  with  drink  and  fell  into  y'"  Mill-Creek  by  capt  Pickerins. 

4,  15,  17  days  of  March  very  cold  north  west  wind  and  hard  frost. 

Ap.  16.  Elizabeth  Randal  wife  of  Richard  Randal  after  long 
weakness  &  sickness  died  suddenly. 

Ap.  19  or  20.  Mary  Spencer  of  Berwick  died  after  some  months 
sickness  with  a  disease  Called  the  Strangury.      1704. 


Pike's  list),  Sept.  3,  1696,  Elizabeth  Gerrisli,  apparently  daughter  of  Captain 
John,  of  Cocheclio.  "John  Gerrtsh  "  was  one  of  the  appraisers  of  his  estate. 
The  churcli  was  organized  the  day  of  ordination,  Mr.  Piite  preaching.  For  par- 
ticulars, see  Mr.  Wise's  account,  Greenleaf's  "  Ecclesiastical  Siietohes,"  Appen- 
dix, page  10. 

*  Counsellor. 

t  See  Niles,  251.  The  upper  part  of  Kittery,  known  as  the  Precinct  of  Ber- 
wick, which  included  old  Newichawannock  and  Quaniphegan,  —  the  latter  now 
South  Berwick.  Nortli  Berwick,  including  the  Bonny-Bigg  region,  was  sepa- 
rated from  Berwick.  The  records  of  Berwick  town  are  kept  (1875)  just  across 
the  bridge  from  Great  Falls  ;  tiie  records  of  the  old  Berwick  church  (now  ex- 
tinct) are  in  private  hands  in  the  same  village. 

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Ap.  22,  1704.  Col.  Daniel  Pearce  of  Newberry  deceased  after  a 
fortli-iiights  sickness  with  ilie  fever  occasioned  by  a  great  cold,  taken 
by  Kiding  in  a  rainy  day  without  his  cloak. 

Ap.  25,  1704.  iS'ath.  Meader  was  slain  by  y"  Indians  at  Oyster- 
River,  not  far  from  the  place  where  Nicholas  Follet  formerly  dwelt. 

Ap.  26.  Edward  Taylor  was  slain  by  y"  Indians  at  Lamper-Eel- 
River,*  his  wife  &  one  of  his  children  carried  away. 

Ap.  28.  Thamsin  Mesarvey,  mr.  Waldrons  maid-servant,  was 
taken  by  four  Indians  betwixt  sunset  and  dark,  at  a  spring  in  y'^  Majors 
pasture,  between  his  house  formerly  burnt  anrl  Barn,  and  after  exam- 
ination, was  knock'  down  &  left  for  dead,  but  recovered  again,  the 
enemy  flying  hastily  away  at  the  outcry  of  y"  watch,  by  w**  means  mr 
Waldron  escaped  tliat  was  the«  coming  over  the  Uoom.f 

May  11.  Two  men  slain  by  y"  Indians  at  Wells,  and  another  of  y® 
same  Company  killed  or  taken. 

May  28.  Sacrament  day,  an  Ambush  of  4  Indians  lay  betwixt 
Tristram  Heards  &  Ephraim  Wentworths,  upon  the  north  side  of  the 
Hill.t  but  were  happily  discovered  &  escaped. 

Jun.  1.  Samuel  Tasker  was  slain  by  8  or  9  Indians  at  Oyster- 
R. 

Jun.  2.  Mary  Willey  wife  of  Samuel  Willey  deceased  after  a  few 
days  sickness  with  a  fever. 

Jun.  6.  Elizabeth  Nock  wife  of  Sylvanus  Nock,  died  of  a  sore 
throat  &  other  chronical  distempers. 

June  13.  Old  sister  AVilliams  deceased  after  much  Illness  and 
Craziness  for  the  space  of  three  years  together. 

1704.  A  Garrison  belonging  to  [blank]  was  taken  in  y*  dead  of 
the  night,  being  first  fired,  2  of  y"  men  were  slain.  Rest  Carried  Cap- 
tive. One  Capt.  Taylor  pursuing  y'"  witii  a  smal  party  of  English, 
Recovered  7  or  8  of  y"  Captives,  but  lost  his  Life  in  the  skirmish, 
wherein  sundry  of  the  enemy  were  also  slain. § 

July  20,  1704.  Sergeant  Graves's  son  taken  by  the  Indians  at  Casco, 
Looking  after  Cattel,  and  another  man  hardly  escaped.  —  Young 
Graves  was  slain  by  the  enemy. 

*  Newmarket. 

t  Belknap's  revision  doubts  the  accuracy  of  this.  See  page  168.  Thamsina 
was  daugliter  of  Clement  Meserve,  of  Portsmouth  or  Newington,  and  married 
Joseph  Ham,  of  Dover 

I  Now  usuiilly  called  "  Garrison  Hill,"  formerly  "  Varncy's  Hill,"  and  early 
"the  Great  Hill  at  Cochecho."  Heard's  garrison,  defended  in  1689,  was  very 
near  its  western  base. 

§  See  Niles,  3  Mass.  Hist.  Col.,  vi.  2S4 ;  and  Penhallow,  N.  H.  Hist. 
Coll.,  i.  ol.  Each  says  "at  Pascomuck."  Hutchinson,  ii.  185,  probably  refers 
to  this,  referring  it  to  Groton,  and  says  that  Lieutenant  "  Wyler"  was  killcdr 
I)e  Vaudreuil  and  Beauharnois,  N.  Y.  Col.  Doc,  ix.  762,  say,  "the  Indians 
at  Penaske  having  likewise  sent  us  word,"  etc.,  "  M.  de  Vr.udreuil  sent  Sieur 
de  Montigny  thither,"  etc.  "  This  he  effected  this  spring,  at  the  head  of  some 
fifty  of  these  Indians,  having  burnt  an  English  fort,  and  taken  twenty-three 
prisoners."  Same  in  Charlevoix,  v.  166-7.  "  July  y«  31*'  1704,  y«  Indians  be- 
sett  the  Towne  in  severall  j)laces  &  particularly  Lieut.  Natb"  Wilders  Garrison 
where  early  in  y"  morning,  one  of  y'^  Indians  shott  him  in  the  thigh  of  which 
wound  he  dyed  y"  same  day."  —  Petition,  in  Mass.  Archives,  vol.  113,  p.  365. 


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July  30,  1704.  Sab.  morning  or  Monday  morning  Indians  invaded 
Lancaster,  kilP  2  or  3  persons,  burnt  y*"  Meeting-house  &  some  other 
houses. 

Aug.  4.  1704.  Two  men  kilF  at  Haverliill  by  the  Indians,  viz.  Jo: 
Paige  &  Bar:  Heath,  a  lad  narrowly  escaped. 

Aug.  8,  1704.  John  Young  slain  by  y"  Indians  travelling  betwixt 
Pick-pocket  &  Exiter. 

Aug.  9,  1704.  The  wife,  son,  &  daughter  of  John  Davis  of  Jemaico, 
taken  by  y"  Indians  in  y''  house  or  in  y"'  held. 

Aug.  10,  1704.     Two  men  killed  by  y"  Indians  at  Wells. 

Aug.  11,  1704.  Mark  Giles  sen.  of  Cochecho.&  his  son  John  slain 
by  7  or  8  Indians  as  y-'  were  passing  a  corner  of  y''  field.  Same  day 
y^  son*  of  Matthew  Austin  killed  at  York. 

Aug.  19,  1704.  Joseph  Pitman  slain  by  the  Indians,  as  he  was 
Guarding  some  Mowers,  not  far  from  Oyster-River  Meeting-house. 

Octo.  25,  1704.  Mr.  Andrew  Gardner,  minister  of  Lancaster 
Coming  down  from  y^  watch-box  in  y''  night  w""  a  darkish  Coloured 
gown,  was  mistaken  for  an  Indian,  &  solemnly  slain  by  a  sorry  soukUer 
belonging  to  ^'^  Garrison  —  nomine  Presket. 

Octo.  29,  1704.  The  wind  blowing  extreemly  at  N.  W.  forced  open 
the  Kitchen-door  of  mr  Rogers'sf  house  at  Portsmouth,  by  which  means 
the  house  was  fired,  &  soon  burnt  to  the  Ground,  in  which  solemn  Con- 
flagration his  youngest  child  &  a  negro  wench  was  Consumed,  &  his 
mother  in  Law  so  grievously  scorched,  that  she  died  Dec.  31,  follow- 
ing.    This  was  on  a  Sabbath  night. 

Dec.  27,  1704.  Tho:  Young  Jun:  died  after  Long  sickness  by  a 
feaver. 

Dec.  31,  1704.  i\Irs  Allison  deceased  after  long  sickness  occasioned 
by  Grievous  scortching  with  fire  w"  mr.  Rjgers's  house  was  burnt. 

Jan.  lo,  1704[-o],  Hapned  the  highest  Tyde  that  ever  was  ob- 
served in  these  parts  of  the  Country.  Did  grt  Dammao-e  in  ware- 
houses tfe  cellers.  Carried  away  some  houses  &  many  stages  at  Isles 
of  Shoales.  Transported  many  haystacks,  and  in  some  places  tore  up 
grt  quantities  of  marsh,  &  Removed  it  far  off  into  other  places. 

Jan.  21,  1704[-5].  Sabbath-night.  A  strong  party  of  French  and 
Indians  fell  upon  y''  Enjzlish  Habitations  at  Newfound- Land  in  y® 
Dead  of  the  night,  &  destroyed  all  except  the  forts.  They  cut  off 
about  seventy  families,  sparing  none,  save  a  few  young  men,  that  were 
fit  for  service.  Afterwards  y^'  besieged  y"  Fort  at  Saint  Johns  for 
divers  weeks,  but  could  not  take  it.  There  was  also  another  Fort  at 
y"  Bay  of  Bulls  y'  escaped. 

Feb.  14,  1704[-5].  Abigail  Jacobs  died  after  Long  sickness  w"" 
a  Consumption. 

*  VVilliiimson's  "  Maine,"  ii.  45,  says  that  it  was  Matthew  Austin  liimself 
who  was  killed.     Niles  and  Penhallow  say  the  same.     I  prefer  Pike. 

t  Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers.  See  date  Dec.  31,  below,  where  his  niotherinlaw 
is  called  Mrs.  Allison.  Adams's  "  Annals,"  120.  calls  her  Ellison.  Rogers 
Genealogy  (N.  K.  Hist,  and  Gen.  Reg.,  v.  315)  calls  her  Elatson,  and  says  she 
was  Sarah  Pemberton  (sister  of  Rev.  Ebenezer,  of  Boston),  marrying,  first,  a 
Purkiss,  secondly,  Elatson;  her  daughter  Sarah  Purkiss  marrying  Mr.  Rogers. 


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Feb.  17,  1704[-5].  Sarah  Weymouth,  wife  of  William  Weymouth, 
died  of  a  Grievous  wound  Contracted  by  falling  into  y*  fire. 

Mr.  Edward  Thomson,  minister  of  Marshfield,  deceased  of  a  con- 
sumptive disease:  Mar:  16,  1704-5. 

Rlay  4,  1705.  Many  persons  surprised  by  the  Indians  at  Spruce 
Creek  &  York.  John  Brawn,*  Henry  Barns,  A  child  of  Dodivah 
Curtices,  &  a  child  of  Enoch  Hutchins  slain  —  Rest  Carried  Captive 
by  10  or  a  dozen  Indians.  Also  mrs  Hoel  f  Running  up  the  hill,  to 
discern  the  out-cry,  fell  into  y''  hands,  &  was  slain. 

May  5,  1705.  Samuel  Allin  Esq:  deceased  (sometime  Governor 
of  New  Hamph)  after  3  or  4  days  visitation  with  frver  &  pluretical 
pains.     A  sober,  worthy  Gentleman. 

May  10,  1705.  Mary  Whicher,|  of  Salsbury,  deceased  after  five 
days  sicknes  with  fever.     She  was  extreamly  Cruciated  with  pains. 

May  21.  Old  James  Tobie  was  kill''  by  the  Indians  in  Kittery 
woods  —  John  Rogers  wounded  the  same  day,  but  escaped,  &  was 
healed. 

Jun.  10,  1705.  Deceased  y*  Rev''  Michael  Wigglesworth,  minister 
of  Maiden,  on  y"  Sabbatlr-day.  The  same  day  died  John  Woodman 
Jun:  of  Oyster  River. 

Jun.  28,  1705.  John  Hewland  a  young  man  y'  came  out  of  Kng- 
land  with  Major  Vaughan  was  drown''  at  Cochecho. 

July  16.  Died  John  Hunking  Jun:  of  a  fever,  after  seven  days 
visitation. 

July  18,  1705.  Mj"  Henry  Langstar§  of  Bloody-point  deceased 
after  10  days  sicknes,  occasioned  by  a  fall  into  his  Leanto,  four  stairs 
high,  whereby  being  grievously  bruised,  it  brought  an  Inflammation 
upon  him.  He  was  about  100  years  old,  hail,  strong,  hearty  man,  & 
might  have  lived  many  years  longer,  if  »S:c. 

July  25.     Mr  John   Clark  ||  minister  of  Exiter  deceased  with  ex- 


*  Brawn  (not  Brown),  an  early  New  Hampshire  name.  Michael,  of  Dover, 
1655,  wlio  liad  son  Michael  born  in  1643,  appears  to  be  the  first.  For  Hutchins, 
see  date  May  9,  1G'J8. 

t  "  Mrs.  Hoel,  a  gentlewoman  of  good  extract  and  education,"  says  Pen- 
hallow  ;  "  of  very  respectable  connections  and  fine  accomplishments,"  says 
Williamson.  The  second  Charles  Frost,  of  Kittery,  married  a  grand-daughter  of 
Morgan  Howell  (the  same  name).  "  Cutt "  manuscript,  already  quoted,  says 
that  Hobert  Cutt  (brother  of  President  John),  married,  in  the  West  Indies  (sec- 
ond wife),  Mary  Hoel,  whom  he  brought  to  America.  Their  son  Kobert,  in  his 
will,  1734,  mentions  "  my  uncle  .John  Hoels  formerly  of  Kittery,  deceased." 

t  Some  of  tlie  family,  later,  strayed  to  Dover.  "  Whittier's  Falls  "  is  still 
the  local  name  of  Cochecho  second  falls. 

§  Descendants  write  the  name  "  Lancaster."  Tlie  emigrant  came  to  Piscata- 
qua  in  1635,  in  the  employ  of  Captain  John  Mason,  serving  under  Walter  Neal. 
Kev.  Daniel  Lancaster,  author  of  the  "  History  of  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,"  is  a  de- 
scendant of  the  seventh  generation. 

II  The  original  cliurch  at  Exeter  was  that  organized  by  Rev.  Jolm  Wheel- 
wright, about  1638-9.  When  he  removed,  in  1642,  it  ceased  to  exist.  Mass. 
Records,  May  29,  1644,  say :  "  Whereas  it  appears  to  tliis  Co''t  that  some  of 
the  inhabitants  of  Excetter  do  intend  shortly  to  gather  a  churcli,"  —  they  were 
forbidden.  Tlie  records  of  the  existing  church  begin  :  "  The  order  of  proceed- 
ing in  gathering  a  particular  church  in  Exeter,"  —  the  Confession  and  Covenant 


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tream  vomiting  &c.  in  less  than  24  hours  after  he  was  taken  111.  A 
good  man  much  wanted  and  much   Lamented. 

Aug.  6,  1705.     Roger  Rose  of  Lubber-Land  died  of  a  Cancer. 

Aug.  13,  1705.  M""  Nath  Fryer,  one  of  the  Council,  deceased  after 
Long  Illness  &  weakness. 

Sep.  19  or  20.  1705.  Certain  privateers  belonging  to  Captain 
Gincks  made  a  Riot  in  New-York  in  the  night —  two  gentlemen,  viz. 
L'  Wharton  Featherhornhough,  &  Ensign  Alcock  belonging  to  the 
Jemaica  fleet  or  Regiment,  were  as>alted  by  y",  the  Leu"'  was  slain 
with  the  Ensign's  sword  violently  wrested  from  him,  one  of  the  pri- 
vateers was  also  slain  in  the  tumult,  &  divers  of  y""  apprehended,  among 
which  was  Erasmus  Wilkins,  supposed  to  be  the  person  that  had 
killed  y*  Leiutenant.* 

Octo.  14,  1705.  Sab:  Sarah  Chesley  (formerly  Huggins)  the  wife 
of  James  Chesley  of  Oyster  River,  Died  after  4  days  sickness  with 
malig:  feaver. 

Octo.  17,  1705.  William  Stacy  of  Barwick,  a  man  of  some  Learn- 
ing &  understanding  more  than  common  among  Mechanicks,  yet  a 
very  Loose,  Irreligious  man.  Died  after  7  days  sickness  with  malignant 
feaver. 

Octo.  20,  1705.  P'our  child"  belonging  to  John  Stover  t  carried 
away  (one  was  slain)  by  the  Indians  at  Cape-Nidduck  —  next  day 
L'  James  INIarch  Came  up  with  the  enemy  at  a  certain  bridge,  &  skir- 
mished with  y"',  in  whicii  skirmish  Richard  Kent  and  Edward  Pel- 
ham,  two  of  his  men  were  slain. 

Nov.  4,  1705.  Sab.  Nath.  Tibbets  1:  of  Oyster  River  was  carried 
away  by  the  Indians  abo'  Sun-set. 

Nov.  9,  1705.  Elizabeth  Furbur,  wife  of  William  Furbur  §  sen: 
deceased  after  5  days  extream  sickness  with  mal:  feaver. 

Dec:  22,  1705.  Many  privateers  at  N:  York,  to  y^  number  of  130 
(as  is  said)  died  with  the  Cold  (being  Cast  away,  or  Confined  to  y* 
vessel,  so  that  none  could  come  to  Relieve  y"',)  neer  about  Sandy- 
Hook.  They  were  mostly  Dutch  or  Scotch,  men  belonging  to  one 
Capt.  Van-Teil. 

Jan.  8,  1705[-6].  Bro:  John  Dam  ||  sen:  deceased  after  3  weeks 
sickness  with  pain  in  his  stomach,  side,  &c. 

Mar.  10,  I70f.  Sister  Jones  of  Oyster-River  deceased  after  long 
Illness  with  y^  Consumption-flux. 

being  signeH  on  "  the  Sabbatli  before  the  ordination,"  vvhicli  took  place  Sept. 
21,  IB'JS.  Tiie  entry  in  recent  ecclesiastical  Minutes  in  N.  H.,  "org.  163H,  re- 
org.  1698,"  requires  one  to  believe  that  a  cluirch  was  '"reorganized  "  more  than 
fifty-six  years  after  it  became  extinct,  and  that  it  was  done  by  tiie  formation  of 
a  new  church. 

*  See  Mary  L.  Booth's  "  History  of  the  City  of  New  York,"  283.  Wilkins 
was  convicted  and  executed.  The  lieutenant's  name  is  elsewhere  given  as 
Fetherstoneiiaugii. 

t  Tliis  name  is  not  to  be  confonmled  with  "  Storer,"  also  in  Maine. 

J  Son  of  Jeremy,  and  grandson  of  Henry,  of  Dover,  1643. 

§  The  husband  was  son  of  William,  who  came  in  the  "Angel  Gabriel"  in 
1635,  and  who  was  of  Dover  "  ('onibinatiun,"  1640. 

11  Son  of  the  first  John. 


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Mar.  18,  170^.  Richard  Tarlton  of  N.  Castle,  suddenly  drowned 
at  y*  Lanching  of  a  ship  at  Capt  Furnel's.  he  was  catch'  in  y"  Coile 
of  a  Rope,  &  by  it  di'awn  into  y"  water. 

Mar.  28,  1706.  Samuel  Dam  of  Dover  died  5  days  violent  sick- 
ness with  mal:  feaver. 

Ap:  2,  1706.  Enoch  Hutchison  of  Kittery  deceased  after  short 
sickness  with  feaver. 

Ap.  8,  1706.  Sister  Amblar  (formerly  Captive*  with  the  Indians) 
deceased  suddenly  after  Long  Illness  with  a  Consumptive  Cough. 

Ap.  27,  1706.  The  Indians  came  in  upon  the  south-part  of  Oyster- 
River,  by  tiie  Little-Bay,  &  killed  ten  persons,  the  chief  whereof  were 
bro:  John  Wheeler  &  his  wife,  John  Drew,t  &c.  .Tis  thought  this  was 
done  by  Bommazeen. 

May  2,  1706.  bro:  John  Tucker  of  Portsmouth  deceased  after 
Long  &  languishing  Illness. 

May  12,  1706.  Abigail  Clements  deceased  after  a  few  days  sick- 
ness with  flux,  vomiting,  &  stoppage  at  her  stomach. 

Jun.  4,  1706.  George  Riccar  &  Maturin  Riccar  t  of  Cochecho,  were 
slain  by  the  Indians.  G.  was  killed  Running  up  the  lane  near  the 
Garrison  —  Mat  was  killed  in  his  Held,  &  his  little  son  carried  away. 

Jun.  6,  1706.§  L'  John  Shapley  of  Kittery  was  slain  by  the  In- 
dians, &  his  son  Nicholas  carried  away,  as  they  were  Returning  from  y' 
Mill  at  Spruce- Creek.  This  was  done  by  (y""  good  friends)  the  He- 
gans.     Nicholas  is  come  home  again. 

July  2.  Old  widow  Looms  deceased  after  long  Illness  with  the 
feaver. 

July  3,  1706.  Capt  Person  of  Rowley  marching  with  his  troop 
to  Dunstable,  &  being  i^osted  with  part  of  his  troop  at  one  Blanchers 
house,  while  they  were  at  supper  in  the  Chamber,  the  enemy  had 
slighly  turned  Blanchers  sheep  into  his  Corn,  which  he  &  his  wife 
going  out  to  Reduce,  were  both  slain,  the  Doors  &  Gates  being  open, 
the  enemy  entered  the  house,  killed  Persons  Trumpiter,  with  3  other 
troopers,  and  wounded  five  more,  at  last  they  were  driven  out  of  y" 
house  with  the  Loss  of  one  Indian.  Person  was  much  blamed  for 
not  setting  his  sentinels  out.  —  Near  abo'  the  same  time,  or  soon 
after,  they  assalted  another  house  belonging  to  one  Jacob  Guletia 
a  Dutchman. II  The  house  was  burnt,  some  persons  were  kilP,  and 
some  escaped.  The  whole  number  said  to  be  slain  in  Dunstable  at 
this  time  was  nine  persons. 

The  same  Day  serg'"  Kingsbury  of  Haverhill,  was  killd  or  taken 
by  the  Indians. 

July  4,  1706.     A   party  of  the   enemy  fell   upon  the   out  parts  of 


*  One  of  the  Oyster  Kiver  captives  of  1694. 

t  Brother  of  Francis,  wiio  was  killed  in  1694.     Belknap  gives  particulars. 

I  Brothers.     See  date  .July  26,  1(591). 

§  Penhallow  dates  this  April  29.  For  cruel  treatment  of  the  son,  see  N.  H. 
Hist.  Coll.,  i.  47.  There  were  seveial  Iii-i-'ins  named  Hegan.  See  Drake's 
"  Book  of  the  Indians,"  310. 

II  See  Penhallow,  48. 


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Amsbury  about  High-noon.  Killed  «fe  carried  away  9  or  10  persons  — 
wherof  the  chief  were  Nath:  Weeds  wife  &  Children,  Eobert  Hoyts 
wife,  John  Ash  &  some  others  slain.  Barns  Prowt  Carried  away. 

July  6,  1706.  A  woman  with  2  or  3  child"  was  slain  at  an  out 
house  belonging  to  Reading. 

July  21,  1706.  Sab:  2  souldiers  slain,  &  one  curried  away  by  the 
enemy  at  Groton.  They  were  all  new-Cambridge  men,  &  were  re- 
turned to  their  Post  from  one  Bloods  house,  who  had  invited  y'"  to 
Dinner. 

July  23,  1706.  About  Twenty  of  the  enemy  fell  upon  ten  Exiter- 
men  as  y''  were  mowing  in  a  field  betwixt  Exiter  &  Lampril-River. 
Four  of  our  men  were  killed  in  the  ]ilace.  viz.  Rich:  Matoon  &  his 
son  Hubertas,  Robert  Barber,  &  vSam.  Pease.  Three  Carried  Captive, 
viz.  Edward  Hall,  Sam"  Mighill,  &  a  Melatto.  Three  escaped  viz.* 
Joseph  Hall,  John  Taylor  sorely  wounded  but  Recovered,  &  another. 
This  was  done  about  an  hour  or  two  bef:  sunset.  The  two  English- 
men Carried  Captive  are  come  home  again.* 

July  27,  1706.  L'  Butterfield  &  his  wife  Riding  between  Dunstable 
&  some  other  Town,  had  y''  horse  shot-down  by  the  enemy.  The  man 
escaped,  the  woman  was  taken,  —  and  Jo:  English!  a  friend  Indian  in 
company  with  y"\  was  at  the  same  time  slain. 

Aug.  1,  1706.  Benj:  Fifield  sen:  of  Hampton,  Coming  out  of  his 
pasture  on  horse-back,  was  slain  by  an  Ambush  of  7  or  S  Indians,  &  a 
Lad  his  Kinsman  carried  away.  About  the  same  time  Sergeant  Atkin- 
son of  Newberry,  &  another  souldier,  were  slain  hard  by  a  Garrison 
at  Wells. 

Aug.  10,  1706.  Nicholas  Pearle  J  was  slain  by  the  Indians  in  the 
day-time,  at  his  Cave  some  miles  above  Oyster-River,  where  he  had 
dwelt  night  &  Day,  wintei-  &  summer,  from  the  Last  bi-eaking  out  of 
the  war,  precisely  three  years,  tho  twas  in  the  very  wake  &  way,  where 
the  enemy  used  to  pass.  He  was  a  man  of  strange  Confld:  ^  would 
not  be  persuaded  to  leave  his  place. 

My  son  Nath"  went  out  (with  Noah  Parker)  fur  Tricera  [ler- 
ceira]  ?  upon  y"  6"*  of  July.  Returned  (Dei  Gracia)  upon  the  4  of 
October. 

Octo.  15,  1706.  Will'"  Willey  in  the  22  year  of  his  age  died  after 
4  days  sickness  with  malig  leaver. 

Octo.  22,  1706.  Isaac  Hanson  (son  of  Tho:  Hanson)  a  lusty  young 
man,  died  upon  the  9"'  Day  of  his  visitation  with  a  violent  feaver. 

*  For  escnpe  of  Hall  and  Mighill  from  Canada,  see  Farmer  and  Moore's 
Hist.  Coll.,  i.  247,  — where  Mighill  is  called  "Miles."  I'enhallow  calls  him 
"  Myalls."     "  Mighill  "  was  the  name. 

t  See  Penhallow,  50. 

I  Belknap  (page  172)  says  "William  Pearl;"  the  note,  on  same  page, 
quotes  Pike  as  sayirg  "Nicholas  J'earl."  This  Diary,  as  (partially)  printed 
in  N.  H.  Hist.  Coll.,  vol.  iii.,  calls  it  "  Peaslee."  The  record  may  read 
Feiisle  or  Peorle.  Yet  tlie  Rockingham  county  (N.  H.)  records  say,  plainly,  that 
William  Rogers,  of  Wenham,  a  "kinsman,"  was,  August,  ITOIJ,  appointed 
guardian  of  John  Pearle,  son  of  Nicholas,  late  of  Dover,  deceased,  formerly  of 
Ipswich. 


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Nov.  10,  1706.  Young  Tho:  Austin  died  by  a  Relapse  into  the 
malig:  feaver,  after  some  liopes  of  his  Recovery. 

Nov.  11,  1706.     mr.  John  Odliii  *  ordained  at  Exiter. 

Nov.  13,  1706.  Ralph  Hall  sen:  f  of  Dover  deceased  after  6  Days 
Illness  with  Grievous  pain  in  his  side  together  with  the  feaver. 

Nov.  3(»,  1706.  Old  widow  Heard  $  (commonly  called  Dame 
Heard)  deceased  after  short  sickness  with  feaver.  She  was  A  grave 
&  pious  woman,  even  the  mother  of  vertue  &  piety. 

Decem.  7,  1706.  IVIary  Ham  (daughter  of  said  wid:  Heard)  died 
of  a  feaver. 

Decem.  12,  1706.  Thursday.  My  aged  &  Dear  father  Major 
Robert  Pike  deceased  in  the  91  or  92  year  of  his  age,  after  long 
weakness  &  Illness,  but  no  great  sickness,  &  he  was  Interred  upon  y^ 
19"*  of  y"  same.  He  was  always  very  temperate  in  Ref:  to  meats  & 
drinks,  &  Generally  very  healthy.  He  had  been  of  the  Massachusetts 
Councill  many  years,  &  a  Justice  of  y*  Peace  many  more,  was  the 
eleventh  of  tlie  old  Mau;istrates  y'  Died. 

Feb.  7,  170f^.  Our  Souldiers  under  Col:  Hilton  Returning  from  y'' 
Intended  exped:  to  norrid:§  surprized  an  Indian  wigwam  in  the  woods 
belonging  to  Black-point,  killed  2  stoute  men  &  an  old  Squaw  — 
brought  a  young  squaw  &  two  children  away. 

Feb.  13,  170f.  Thrsday.  George  Geffrey  ||  sen:  of  Portsmouth 
esq:  —  «&  one  the  Councill,  journeying  from  Boston  towards  Piscata- 
qua,  in  a  very  cold  day,  was  taken  sick  of  tlux  &  feaver  at  Ipswich  ; 
and  died  after  ten  days  sickness  at  Col.  Appletons,  was  interred  upon 
the  17th  of  Feb:  A  man  of  singular  understanding  &  usefulness 
among  us. 

We  should  have  noted  that  Capt  John  Woodman  ^  of  Oyster-River 
an  understanding  man,  &  several  year  Justice  of  y"  Peace,  Died  sud- 
denly upon  y'^  [no  date]. 

Feb.  24,  170f.  Fliz:  Tibbets  wife  of  Joseph  Tibbets  died  with 
short  sickness,  after  her  Lying  in. 

*  Kev.  Jolin  Odlin,  H.  C.  1702.  He  died  in  office  Nov.  20,  1754,  his  son 
Woodbridge  being;  settled  in  1748  as  colleague  "  with  his  honored  father." 

t  Son  of  Deacon  John  Hall,  of  Dover. 

t  Widow  of  the  first  John  Heard.  For  her  escape  in  the  massacre  of  June 
28.  1689,  see  "  Magnalia,"  ii.  5'Jl,  account  furnished  by  Mr.  Pike.  She  was 
daughter  of  "  Mr.  Hull,  a  reverend  minister  formerly  living  at  Piscataqua."  It 
lias  been  mistakenly  saitl  that  tiiis  was  Kev.  Bcnjainiii  Hull;  it  was  Joseph,  who 
was  the  minister.  In  16(52  he  was  at  Oyster  Kiver.  George  Preston,  and 
others,  "passed  from  thence  (Dover)  over  the  water  to  a  place  called  Oyster 
Kiver,  where  on  the  first  day  of  the  week,  the  women  went  to  Priest  Hidl's 
place  of  worship  ;"..."  A  little  while  after,  the  Priest  left  his  Market  place, 
and  went  to  tiie  Isles  of  Shoales,  three  leagues  in  the  sea."  —  Bisiiop's  "New 
England  Judged."  He  died  (as  in  York  county  records)  Nov.  19,  1665.  Agnes, 
his  widow,  brought  in  the  inventory,  —  liis  estate  estimated  at  .£25,  6s.  8(/.,  of 
which,  "his  books  .£10."  Additional,  "The  Islands  Indebted  to  my  husband 
for  his  Ministry  £20."  The  confusion  of  Benjamin  and  Joseph  doubtless  comes 
from  the  fact  that  a  Benjamin  Hull  (afterwards  of  Portsmouth)  was  taxed  in 
Dover  (O^-ster  River),  1659. 

§  See  Williamson's  "  Maine,"  ii.  53. 

II    Usually  written  Jaffre}'. 

'^  The  owner  of  the  garrison  so  well  defended  in  1694. 


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Mar.  3,  170f.  Our  soukliers  *  (in  number  110  officers  and  all) 
in  y*  Dead  of  the  niaht,  surprized  two  Indian-wiiiwams  at  a  place 
called  Coxhead,  neer  Saga-de-Hoc.  where  killed  18  of  the  enemy, 
&  took  an  Indian-boy.  Seven  or  eight  of  y"'  were  stout  fellows. 
Wanerson  a  Sagamore  was  here  slain,  but  the  poor  Squaw  taken  at 
B:  point,  being  pilot  to  our  men,  was  sorely  wounded  by  one  Edward 
Hall. 

[May  6,  1707.]     Capt.  Henry  Dowf  of  Hampton  deceased. 

May  |,  1707.  Young  Docter  Dole  of  Hampton  died  after  a  few 
Days  Illness  with  pain  in  his  side  and  violent  feaver. 

May  5,  1707.  Old  Christop:  Banfield  of  Barwick  died  after  six 
moneths  Lingering  Illness. 

May  21,  1707."  Col:  Nathaniel  Salstonstal  of  Haverhill  Esq: 
(&  formerly  of  y^  Massachusetts  Councill)  deceased  after  half-years 
Consumptive  Illness. 

May  22,  1707.  Two  young  Girls  were  carried  away  by  the  Indians 
from  Bunkers  Garrison  at  Oyster-River,  viz.  the  Daughters  of  Tho: 
DrewJ  (near  13  years  old)  &  Daughter  of  Nath'  Laimos  (much 
younger).     This  was  the  first  mischief  done  by  y"  in  y'  year  1707. 

Jun.  11,  1707.  mr  Dudley  Bradstreets  man  was  slain  by  the 
Indians  at  Groton  —  nomine  Brown.  —  about  the  same  time  a  very 
faithfull  &  serviceable  friend  Indian,  called  John  Daniel  dwelling  at 
or  near  Cambridge  was  also  slain  as  he  was  fishing  at  a  pond. 

Jun.  16,  1707.  Philip  Carpenter  §  a  Jersey-man,  with  his  wife  & 
3  or  4  children,  were  slain  by  the  Indians  at  Spruce-Creek  about  the 
middle  of  the  day.  The  Indians  (being  7  in  number)  were  met  with 
by  the  English  three  or  four  times  and  fired  upon.  Some  packs  were 
taken,  but  the  enemy  got  all  off  &  escaped. 

July  8,  1707.  John  Bunker  &  Icabod  Rawlins  (both  of  Dover) 
Going  with  a  Cart  from  L'  Zech:  Fields  Gar:  ||  to  James  Bunkers  for 
a  Loom,  were  assalted  by  many  Indians,  &  both  slain.  The  enemy 
(supposed  20  or  30  in  num.)  slaughtered  many  Cattel  for  the  Jones's 
(at  same  time)  to  the  number  of  15  or  more. 

July  22,  1707.  Two  brothers  of  the  Gilmans  IF  travelling  from 
Kingstown  to  Exiter,  were  assalted  by  7  Indians,  both  y""  horses  were 
shot  under  y'",  but  the  men  escaped,  one  Back  to  K:  the  other  to  Ex: 
Laus  Deo. 

July  30,  1707.  Old  Tho:  Morris  of  Lubberland  died  somew' 
suddenly  after  Long  Illness. 


*  In  the  same  expedition  that  is  noted  under  Feb.  7,  above. 

t  Speaker  ot  tlie  Assembly,  Jan.  5,  1697-8.  Member  of  the  Council  1702 
until  his  death. 

t  The  prisoner  of  July  18,  1694. 

§  Peniiallow  says  William;  so  do  Williamson  and  Niles.  But  there  was  a 
Philip,  of  Maine,  in  1690  and  later. 

II  Field's  garrison  was  between  Cochecho  and  Oyster  River.  He  was  grand- 
son of  the  Darby  Field  who  visited  the  White  Mountains  in  1642.  "  Field's 
Plains  "  is  still  a  local  name  in  Dover. 

T[  Stephen  and  Jacob. 

5 


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Aug.  6,  1707.     L*  Samuel  Levet  of  Exiter  deceased. 

Aug.  10,  1707.  Sabbath-evening.  Ser:  Smith,  Elias  Wear, 
Joshua  Hilton,  (&  Josias  Littletields  wife  &  son,  returning  from 
Boston  to  Wells)  betwixt  York  &  Cape-Nidduek,  were  all  slain  by 
the  Indians,  Except  Hilton  who  was  Carried  away.  Tis  reported  y' 
Ser  Smith  had  lo  shots.  The  num:  of  the  enemy  supposed  to  be  40 
or  50. 

Sep.  14,  1707.  L*  William  Furber  of  Welch-Cove  died  after  three 
days  sickness  with  feaver,  and  a  kind  of  num-palsie  in  his  Jaws.  He 
was  taken  on  Fryday-morning  &  died  sabbath-night  following. 

Sep.  15,  1707.  John  Dollar*  of  Exiter  was  slain  by  the  Indians  in 
the  woods. 

Sep.  16,  1707.  A  poor  woman  was  inadvertently  slain  near  Elihu 
Gullisons  t  work-house  at  Kettery-point  (by  Joseph  Gullison)  as 
[she]  Came  up  from  the  River  side  in  the  night  —  her  name  was 
Wentworth. 

Sep.  17,  1707.  Capt  Samuel  Chesley  J  —  his  bro:  .James  Chesley,  & 
six  more  stout  young  men  were  slain  by  the  Indians,  as  they  were  Cut- 
ting and  hailing  timber,  not  far  from  Capt  Chesleys  house.  The 
Indian  y*  kill*^  James  Chesley  was  slain  upon  y^  spot  by  Rob:  Thom- 
son.    Philip  Chesley  and  3  more  escaped. 

The  Same  Daj'  Henry  Elkins  of  Kingstown  was  slain  by  Indians 
as  he  was  seeking  after  a  horse  in  the  woods. 

Sep.  21,  1707.  Sab:  Many  Indian  Cannoes  set  upon  two  Eng- 
lish shallops  at  AVinter-IIarbour.  The  English  getting  all  into  one  of 
the  shallops,  fought  the  enemy  bravely  &  saved  y"'selves  (under  God) 
they  Report  that  several  Indians  were  killed  —  one  of  our  men  was 
slain,  viz.  Ben:  Daniel  of  York.§ 

Sep.  24.  1707.  mr  Richard  Jose  of  Portsmouth,  Sheriff  of  New- 
Hampsh:  died  after  Long  sickness  with  Gout,  Dropsie,  &c. 

Sep.  28,  1 707.  Sab.  James  Ferguson  &  his  wife  (members  of  the 
chh  of  Bar:||  &  worthy  persons)  were  slain  by  the  Indians  as  they 
Returned  from  the  Meeting.  Nicolas  Smith  at  same  time  wounded, 
but  escaped  &  Cured. 

Sep.  30,  1707.  Old  widow  HornH  was  taken  by  the  Indians,  near 
the  Lower  Corner  of  Capt  Gerrishes  field,  as  she  travelled  the  Road  — 
the  same  Day  several  Troops  passed  the  Road  both  bef:  &  after  she 
was  taken. 

Octo.  .     Five  young  men  of  Wells,  viz.   L'  Storers  eldest 

son,  two  Littletields  &  two  Wakefields,  attempting  with  a  smal  sloop 

*  S<anie  name  "as  tlie  Exeter  name  of  "  Dolhoff." 

t  Indifferently  given,  on  records,  as  "  Gullison  "  or  "  Gunnison."  The 
woman  killed,  York  county  records  say,  was  Grace,  wife  of  William  Went- 
worth ;  and  Joseph  was  tried  Sept.  27  following,  and  acquitted. 

i  Captain  Samuel  Chesley,  son  of  the  second  Philip.  He  was  in  command 
of  a  company  at  Port  Royal  in  1707,  and  did  one  of  the  few  brave  things  in  that 
affair.     Philip  Chesley  was  his  brother.     Both  were  of  Oyster  River. 

§  See  Penhallow,  57.     Williamson,  ii.  55.     Niles,  4  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  v.  316. 

II  Berwick,  Me. 

1[  Elizabeth,  widow  of  the  William  who  was  killed  June  28,  1689. 


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to  go  over  Wells-Bar  to  catch  fish,  when  there  was  an  extream  foul- 
sea,  cast  away  y"^  vessel,  &  were  all  drowned. 

Nov.  3,  1707.  Old  Doctor  Tappen*  of  Newberry  was  (in  the  day- 
time) drowned  off  mr  Benaiah  Tidcoms  wharfe. 

Nov.  26,  1707.     mr  Jeremy  Wisef  ordained  at  Barwick. 

Dec.  3,  1707.  Old  Thomas  Wliitehouse  of  Dover  died  after  three 
weeks  Illness  with  feaver  &  appoplex  or  stupifaction  of  senses. 

Nicolas  Harrison  of  Fox-point  $  was  suddenly  taken  witli  a  strange 
kind  of  melancholy  stupor  (some  time  in  Octo:  1707)  which  had  much 
impression  upon  his  Rational  sense,  &  so  continued  till  Ap:  11,  then 
died  strangely  Insensible  of  any  spiritual  Good.     He  died  Ap:  11  1708. 

Ap:  24,  1708.  Mrs.  Knight  (formerly  wife  to  Mr.  Valentine  Hill)§ 
deceased  through  Age,  Infirmity  &  Illness. 

May  26,  1708.  Capt  Philipp  Crumwell  of  Dover  Deceased  of  a 
strong,  malignant  feaver  upon  the  1 1***  Day  of  his  sickness. 

July  30,  r708.      Col:  John  Wainwright  died. 

My  son  Nathaniel  sayled  upon  y"  19  of  Sep:  1707.  Noah  Parker 
master  died  at  Lisbon  Feb.  5  following,  and  my  son  being  Master  of 
y*"  Brigateen,  arrived  at  Boston  July  12,  1708,  after  almost  nine  weeks 
passage  from  St.  Georges. 

Aug:  18,  1708.  Cliristien  Dolhough  ||  of  Exiter  Died,  his  dis- 
temper began  with  a  prevailing  pain  in  his  shoulder. 

Aug.  25,  1708.  M""  Moodeys  son  of  York,  a  Lad  of  8  or  9  years 
old,  firing  off  a  pistol  childishly,  shot  Capt  Prebles  son  (A  Lad  of  12 
years  old)  thro  y"   Temples  and  killed  him.  H 

*  Dr.  Peter. 

t  Kev.  Jeremy  Wise,  H.  C.  1700.  Mr.  Pike's  record  of  Fasts  says,  "Octo. 
15,  1707.  Dies  jejunis  prajcedens  ordinatione  pastoris  apud  Barwiclt.  Tex. 
Act.  13.  2." — Mr.  Wise  died,  pastor  of  the  ciiurch,  Jan.  20,  1756.  See  his 
name  in  list  of  men  "  all  men  of  learning,  pious,  humble,  prudent,  faithful,  and 
useful,"  in  1  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  x.  170. 

J  In  Newington. 

§  Valentine  Hill,  of  Boston,  1636,  had  grants,  mill  sites,  and  lands  in  Dover, 
in  1643,  and  appears  soon  to  iiave  settled  at  Oyster  River.  He  was  deacon  of 
the  Boston  church,  and  was  probably  dismissed  to  the  Dover  church.  He  was 
largely  engaged  in  business  in  Dover.  He  died  before  April  14,  1660.  The 
baptisms  of  five  cliildren  by  first  wife,  and  two  by  second,  are  given  in  Boston 
church  records.  But  in  papers  on  record  in  New  Hampshire,  Nathaniel  was 
recognized  as  tiie  "  only  son."  There  was  also  a  daughter,  Mary.  Aug.  8,  1718, 
John  Buss  conveys  to  Samuel  Smith  and  others,  "all  claims  to  the  estate  of  my 
late  wife  Mary  Buss,  formerly  Mary  Hill,  who  was  a  legatee  and  co-heir  with 
her  brother  Nathaniel  Hill  in  all  the  possessions  of  their  father  Valentine  Hill," 
—  signed  by  Jolin  and  Elizabeth  Buss.  The  widow  of  Valentine  Hill  (Mary, 
daughter  of  Governor  Eaton,  of  New  Haven)  married  Ezekiel  Knigiit,  early  of 
Wells.  Savage  needlessly  supposes  that  she  first  married  a  Lovering;  Ezekiel's 
second  wife  was  a  widow  Lovering;  Mrs.  Hill  was  his  third  wife.  Dover  and 
Exeter  (Co.)  records  are  very  voluminous  as  to  Valentine  Hill.  In  the  latter 
is  a  deed  by  which  "  Valentine  Hill  of  Dover  in  Pascataq.  River  in  New  Eng- 
land mrcht  &  Mary  my  wife,"  Nov.  2,  1660,  for  £230,  conveys  to  Nathaniel 
Micklethayte,  of  London,  300  acres  of  land  in  New  Haven,  "  formerly  in  pos- 
session of  Mr.  Theophilus  Eaton,  Esqr.,  governor  of  New  Haven  Given  by  him 
as  a  Legacie  to  Mary  m3'  wife." 

II  See  date  Sept.  15,  1707. 
IT  See  Alden's  Coll.  Am.  Epitaphs,  i.  42,  43, 


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Aug.  29,  1708.  Sab:  day.  A  considerable  party  of  French  and 
Indians  Came  in  upon  Haverhill  about  break  of  da}',  &  did  much 
damage,  killed  &  carried  away  33  persons,*  burnt  several  houses. 
The  chief  of  those  slain,  were  Capt  Simon  Wainwright,  mr  Benj: 
Rolf  the  minister  &  his  wife,  Capt  Sam:  Eyers,  L'  Johnson,  Deacons 
of  y"  chh,  the  wife  of  John  Hartshorn  sen:  many  souldiers  belonging 
to  Salem  &  other  places  were  here  slain.  The  enemy  also  met  with 
considerable  loss,  &  were  Repulsed  by  INIaj:  Turner. 

Sep.  18,  1708.  David  Kinked  of  Oyster-River  was  assaulted  by 
3  Indians  at  his  house,  some  Considerable  distance  from  Woodmans 
Gar:  Three  guns  were  fired  at  him  &  his  Lad,  but  (thro  Mercy) 
both  escaped  well. 

Sep.  19,  1708.  Two  men  &  a  lad  venturing  too  far  into  y*  woods 
at  Spruce-Creek,  on  the  Sab:  day,  fell  into  an  Ambush  of  Indians. 
One  Reed  f  a  school-master  &  David  Hutchins  were  slain,  the  Lad 
being  a  distance  from  them  escaped. 

Octo:  13,  1708.  Capt  Samuel  Alcockl  of  Portsmouth  Died  of  a 
a  fever,  after  ten  Days  sickness  occasioned  by  stricking  in  a  malig- 
nant itch  with  y"  bathing  of  Rum. 

The  same  Day,  Ben:  Roberts  son  of  Hatevil  Roberts  (a  Lad  of 
16  years)  Died  after  two  Days  Illness,  with  a  kind  of  Convulsion 
Cramp. 

Octo:  25,  1708.  John  Hayes  sen:  §  Died  of  a  malignant  feaver  4 
days  after  he  was  taken  sick.  It  began  with  a  violent  pain  in  his 
shoulder. 

Octo:  28,  1708.  Nath"  Perkins,  about  the  age  of  14  years  &  6 
months ;  Died  of  a  malig:  fever  ||  upon  y^  8"*  Day  of  his  sickness  ;  It 
began  with  much  pain  in  his  shoulder,  &  breaking  out  in  broad 
sploches.     A  sober  Lad. 

JVP  Andrew  Wiggin  sen:  ^  of  Quampscut  was  seased  with  a  numb- 


*  An  interesting  letter  from  one  of  the  captives  is  reprinted  in  Coffin,  331. 

t  Kobert  Heed. 

t  For  trouble  of  "  Samuel  Alcock,  comand''  of  tlie  ship  Richard  &  Margaret, 
now  laden  and  bound  for  Barbadoes,"  June  11,  1700,  with  Deputy-collector 
Sampson  Sheafe,  sec  N.  H.  Prov.  Papers,  iii.  1)7-8. 

§  First  of  tlie  name  in  Dover,  but  with  very  many  descendants. 

II  The  reader  will  notice  the  repeated  cases  of  "  malignant  fever"  mentioned 
in  this  Diary.  It  was  the  fever  incident  to  occupation  of  new  lands.  A  similar 
disease  appears  in  later  records,  in  similar  conditions ;  and  I  liave  memoranda 
showing  the  same  in  new  lands  in  New  Hampshire  even  into  the  present 
century. 

T[  Son  of  Captain  Thomas,  the  settler  of  1631.  The  co-operation  of  Captain 
Thomas  with  Massachusetts  has  not  always  been  recognized.  But  see  Win- 
throp,  of  proper  dates  ;  letter  of  Howes,  June  '22,  1638,  4  Mass.  Hist.  Coll., 
vi.,  "  you  all  liave  cause  to  blesse  God  that  you  have  soe  good  a  neighbour  as 
Capt.  Wiggan;"  Same,  page  3;  3  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  ix.  257,  "an  honest 
man  about  to  buye  out  the  Bristoll  mens  plantation  in  Pascataque;"  also  3 
Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  viii.  320-4.  It  may  not  be  out  of  place  to  say  that  even 
Belknap  does  not  give  the  secret  of  the  early  Dover  troubles,  which  were  the 
contest  between  Puritan  and  Prelatist.  In  Sprague's  "  Annals  of  the  American 
Pulpit,"  Baptist  volume,  is  an  absurd  theory  of  those  troubles.  See  "  Congre- 
gational Quarterly,"  Jan.  1871.     Papers  bearing  on  those  troubles  are  in  the 


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ness  or  stupifaction  ;  whereby  half  his  Body  was  mortified  &  Remained 
so  many  years.     He  departed  this  Life  Jan:  9,  Sab:  1708[-9]. 

Jan.  29,  [1708-9.]  Saterd:  Margaret  Munsy  Jun:  Died  of  a 
Chronical  Consumptive  distemper,  after  many  years  of  Linnrerino-  ill- 
ness. 

Mar.  5,  170|.  Sarah  Morrill  of  Salisbury  falling  into  y°  fire  in 
a  fainting  fit  (at  y^  house  of  Jacob  Bradbury)  was  Lamentably  burnt 
to  Death  Sater-day  evening. 

Mar.  16,  170|.  Wednesday.  Died  Capt  Henry  Penny*  of  Ports- 
mouth a  man  of  much  understanding.  He  was  delirious  some  days 
bef:  his  Death.  Came  out  of  England  upon  y"  account  of  Debts,  & 
lived  here  about  the  space  of  26  years  &  an  half. 

Mar.  17,  170|.  Mary  Roberts  a  childe  of  about  eleven  years 
Died  of  malignant  feaver,  upon  the  eighth-day  after  she  was  taken  ill. 

Col.  Saltonstals  house  at  Haverhill  blown  up  by  negros  Mar.  29, 
1709.  Tho  many  Lodged  that  night  in  y*  house,  yet  nobody  hurt. 
A  marvellous  providence. 

April  1,  1709.  Charles  Rundlet  sen:  was  drowned  near  the  mouth 
of  Exiter-River.     Twas  feared  he  was  indisposed  with  drink. 

May  15,  1709.  Sab:  James  Tuttlef  of  Dover  died  with  excessive 
bleeding  at  nose- 
May  22,  1709.  Katharine  Pinkham  (wife  of  Amos  Pinkhara)  died 
of  a  Consumptive  Disease.     Sab. 

Jun:  11,  1709.  Saterday  (ab' or  little  bef:  sunset)  Ephraim  Foul- 
sam  sen.  of  Exiter,  was  slain  by  Indians,  Riding  between  Ex:  &  Col: 
Hiltons  Gar: 

Jun.  13,  1709.  Sampson  Dows  house  was  Attacked  by  y^  Lidians, 
but  Henry  Dyer  of  Portsmouth,  with  five  men  Going  up  y''  Bay  at  y" 
Juncture,  beat  off  y"  enemy. 

William  Moodey,  Samuel  Stephens,  &  2  Gilmans  (all  of  Ex:)  were 
surprized  by  y''  Ind"'  at  a  Millt  May  y''  6:  1709,  Fryday.  William 
Moodey  was  Retaken  by  y"  Deerfield  men  about  16  days  after  neer 
Shamblees,  1)ut  fell  again  into  y"  enemies  hand,  and  tis  feared  he  & 
another  English  man  were  Roasted  to  Death. 

Jun:  30,  1709.  Bartholomew  Stimpson§  Jun:  of  Oyster  R:  was 
slain  by  an  Ambuscade  of  Indians  neer  Capt.  Woodman's  Gar:  — 
severall  men  slain  at  Deerfield  y"  week  bef: 

Aug.  4,  1709.  Died  Augustin  Bullard  of  Portsmo:  after  long  & 
sore  sickness  with  y"  Gout,  dry  Gripes,  &c. 


several  volumes  of  the  "  Winthrop  Papers."  The  troubles  eiidefl  by  the  success 
of  the  (moderate)  Puritan  party,  in  coming  under  the  Massacliu.setts  govern- 
ment, in  1641.  The  great  rehictance  witli  which  New  Hampshire  submitted  to 
the  royal  decision  in  167*.),  to  make  it  a  separate  province,  is  evidence  that  the 
Massachusetts  government  was  wise  and  faithful. 

*  He  was  Secretary  of  the  Province,  1691-3.  His  son  Henry  was  "  of  Dart- 
mouth in  the  County  of  Devon,"  in  ITO'.t. 

t  Son  of  Judge  John,  and  grandson  of  John  the  emigrant. 

t  In  Exeter.  The  two  Gihnans  were  sons  of  Jeremiah.  For  Moodey's 
unhappy  fate,  see  Peniiallow,  GO. 

§   His  name  was  oftener  written  Stevenson. 


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Aug.  22,  1709.  Jeremy  Tibbets  sen:  of  Dover  was  accidentally 
shot  in  y''  Thigh  by  his  bro:  John.  The  wound  shortly  began  to  Gan- 
green  (&  mauger  y'"  Physician)  issued  in  his  Death  Ang.  31. 

Novemb:  22,  1709.  My  son  Nathaniel  arrived  (Dei  Gracia)  from 
Barbados  to  Boston.  They  sayled  from  Nantasket  for.  Barbados,  first 
of  April  before,  &  had  a  quick  passage. 


Marriages  Recorded. 

M'  Abraham  Lee  married  to  Ester  Elkin  widow  Jun.  21,  1686. 

Tho:  Packer  married  to  Elizab:  Hall  widow  Aug.  7,  1687. 

Sam"  Tibbets  married  to  Dorothy  Tuttle  Sep:  2,  1686. 

Robert  Alkins  married  to  Patience  Evens  widow  Nov:  9,  1686. 

John  Cook  married  to  Mary  Downs  Nov:  25,  1686. 

John  Twondey  married  to  Mary  Kenney,  Ap:  18,  1687. 

Ben:  Nason  married  to  INlartha  Kenney  Jun.  30,  1687. 

Rich*  Kenney  married  to  Deborah  Stokes  Aug.  15,  1687. 

Cleniment  Rumnieril  married  to  Rebecca  Pommery  widow,  Sep:  6,  1687. 

John  Wallingford  married  to  Mary  Tuttle  Dec:  6,  1687. 

John  Dugles  married  to  Suah  Nason  widow  Sep:  16,  1687. 

Tho:  Starboord  married  to  Abigal  Danun  Jan.  4,  1687[-8]. 

John  Pickerin  married  to  Eliz:  Murden  July  17,  1688. 

Stephen  Tobey  married  to  Hanna  Nelson  Nov:  2.9,  1688. 

Job  Clements  married  to  Abigail  Heard  Feb.  28,  1688[-9]. 

John  Hudsen  married  to  Mary  Beard,  July  25,  1689. 

Fran:  Graves  married  to  Amy  Puddington  widdow,  Aug:  27,  1689. 

Edw:  Howard  married  to  Martha  Row  Aug.  22,  1689. 

Tho:  Rouse  married  to  Rebecca  Rumnieril  widow  Sep:  2,  1689. 

Tho:  Puddington  married  to  Rachell  WilHams,  Sep:  20,  1689. 

Jei'emiah  Homes  married  to  Sarah  Walker,  Sep:  22,  1689. 

Elisha  Plasted  married  to  Eliz :  Harvey  Octo:  11,  1689. 

William  Rackley  married  to  Doratby  Lord  widow  Octo:  18,  1689. 

Will'"  Berry  married  to  Sabina  Lock,  Decem'  19,  1689. 

George  Walker  married  to  Mary  Jackson  Decem'  25,  1689. 

Tho:  Potts  married  to  Johanna  Roberts  Mar:  24,  ff. 

John  Heard  married  to  Phebe  Littlefield  April  27,  1690. 

William  Grant  married  to  Jane  Warren  Aug.  4,  1690. 

M'  Henry  Green  married  to  Mary  Page  widow,  Mar:  10,  ^\. 

Nath"  Berry  married  to  Eliz:  Philbrick  July  2,  1691. 

Jonathan  Sanburn  married  to  Eliz.  Sherburn  Feb:  4,  1691[-2]. 

Will"  Hunkins  married  to  Sarah  Partridge  INlay  12,  1692. 

Nath"  Sanburn  married  to  Rebecca  Presket  Dec.  3,  1691. 

John  Lovit  married  to  Sarah  Hobbs,  Dec.  30,  1691. 

Peter  Wear  man-ied  to  Eliza:  Wilson  Jan.  6,  1691  [-2]. 

John  Twomley  married  to  Rachel  Allin,  Oct:  3,  1692. 

Joseph  Kandal  married  to  Eliz:  Garmine  Oct:  20,  1692. 

John  Bickford  married  to  Eliz:  Tibbets  Dec.  1,  1692. 

Rob:  Mac-kenney  married  to  Rebec:  Sparkes  wid.  Dec.  1,  1692. 

.lohn  Cooper  married  to  Sara  Lord  Dec.  13,  1692. 

James  Houston  married  to  Mary  Door  Dec.  23,  1692. 

John  Lebbey  married  to  Elianor  Kirk  Dec.  29.  1692. 

John  Kase  married  to  Joanna  Johnson,  Ap.  27,  1692. 

Robert  Goss  married  to  Jane  Berry  Jan.  5,  1692[-3]. 

Augustine  Bullard  married  to  Hanna  Dyer  widow  Octo:  12,  1693. 


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Sam"  Jackson  married  to  Mary  Melcher  Octo.  12,  1693. 

Sam"  Piper  married  to  Abigail  Chiu-ch  April  23,  1694. 

John  Cox  married  to  Hanna  Hill  wid  :  May  22,  1694. 

Michael  Whidden  married  to  Eliz:  Messervey  Jiin.  6,  1694. 

Henry  Sewer  married  to  Mary  Huntress  Jun.  21,  1694. 

William  Furbur  married  to  Eliz.  Nute  wid:  Aug.  13,  1694. 

William  Richards  married  to  Mary  Dow,  Aug.  23,  1694. 

Edward  Sargeant  married  to  Joanna  Homan,  Pemmaquid,  Jun.  3.  1695. 

John  Playte  married  to  Sara  Childe  wid:  Nov.  10,  1695. 

M'  John  Wade  married  to  Elizabeth  Gerrish,  Sep.  3,  1696. 

Anthony  Lowden  married  to  Sarah  Osbiirn  Sep:  16,  1696. 

Richard  Sanders  mai'ried  to  Mary  Moss  Jun.  17,  1697. 

Mark  Hunkins  married  to  Mary  Harvey  Jun.  29,  1697. 

Thomas  Silley  married  to  Ann  Stanian  July  2,  1697. 

Joseph  Richards  married  to  Abigal  Rawlins  Aug.  12,  1697. 

Andrew  Wiggin  married  to  Abigal  Follet  Sep.  2,  1697. 

Tho:  Avery  married  to  Abigal  Coomes  widow  Octo.  8,  1697. 

Philipp  Lambeth  married  to  Susanna  Leer  Octo.  14,  1697. 

Daniel  Jacob  married  to  Abig:  Field  Octo.  24,  1697. 

Moses  Boudey  maiTied  to  Ruth  Wittum  Nov.  29,  1697. 

Richard  Ponnnery  married  to  Delivei'ance  Berry  Feb.  14,  169|. 

John  Hamm  married  to  Elizabeth  Knight  Mar.  14,  169|. 

Edwai'd  Cloutman  married  to  Sara  Tuttle  April  22,  1698. 

Tobias  Hanson  married  to  Ann  Lord  Aug.  28,  1698. 

John  Waldron  married  to  ]\Iary  Horn  wid:  Aug.  29,  98. 

Thos:  Downs  married  to  Abig:  Hall  wid:  Octo:  24  1698. 

Benjamin  Tubbs  married  to  Eliza:  Kim  wid:  Jan.  12,  1698[-9]. 

William  Mousey  married  to  Rosamond  Jacklin  Jan.  10,  1698[-9]. 

Sam"  Kenney  married  to  Sara  Rankin  wid:  Mar.  15,  16||. 

Tho:  Horn  mamied  to  Judith  Riccar  Ap:  14,  1699. 

Joseph  Kenny  married  to  Leah  Allin  Dec.  1,  1699. 

John  Church  married  to  Mercy  Hanson  Dec:  1,  1699. 

Henry  Tibbets  married  to  Joyce  Otice  wid:  Feb.  25.  jyff. 

George  Brawn  married  to  Sarah  Sanders  widow,  Ap.  1,  1700. 

Mark  Giles  sen:  married  to  Frances  Perkins  wid:  Sep.  2,  1700. 

John  Cole  mari'ied  to  Elizabeth  Allin  Sep.  23,  1700. 

Tho:  Pinkham  married  to  Mary  Allin  Dec.  2,  1700. 

Rowland  Jenkins  married  to  Tabitha  Joy  Feb.  10,  1700[-1]. 

James  Tompson  married  to  Eliz:  Fry  Mar.  3,  170^. 

John  Morrel  married  to  Hannah  Dixon  Mar.  18,  170^. 

Joseph  Beard  married  to  Eliz:  Waldron  Mar.  21,  170Q. 

Ralph  Hall  married  to  Mary  Chesley  May  26,  1701. 

George  Ilunti-ys  married  to  Sara  Morrill  Aug.  4,  1701. 

Jacob  Allin  married  to  Martha  Damin  Feb.  5,  170^^. 

WiUiam  Hayt  married  to  Eliz:  Nelson  wid:  Mar.  10,  170^. 

Jonathan  Nason  married  to  Adah  Morrrel  Ap.  27,  1702. 

Samuel  Shorey  married  to  Mary  Roads  Ap.  28,  1702. 

Samuel  Willey  married  to  Mary  Canny  Jun.  8,  1702. 

Richard  Chick  married  to  Martha  Lord  July  11,  1702. 

Nathaniel  Furnel  married  to  Ann  Allen  Sep.  10,  1702. 

Clement  Messervy  married  to  Eliz:  Jones  Sep.  24,  1702. 

Benjamin  Richards  married  to  Elizabeth  Hodgesden  alias  Galloway  Nov. 

19,  1702. 
John  Fabian  married  to  Mary  Pickirin  Dec.  25,  1702. 
John  Giles  married  to  ^lary  Tibbets  Dec.  29,  1702. 
William  Foss  married  to  Sarah  Heard  widow  Ap.  26,  1703. 


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Henry  Nutter  married  to  Mary  Shackford  July  26,  1703. 

John  Wentworth  married  to  Martha  Millar  Dec.   29,  1703. 

Joseph  Evens  married  to  Mercy  Horn  Ap.  6,  1704. 

Howard  Henderson  married  to  Sarah  Roberts  Jun.  8,  1704. 

Abraiiam  Nute  married  to  Johanna  Stanton  widow  Sep.  2,  1704. 

Jacob  Roades  married  to  Eleanor  Brawn  Sep.  7,  1704. 

John  Roberts  married  to  Deborah  Church  Octo.  20,  1704. 

Teabod  Rawliucrs  married  to  Mary  Perkins  Dec.  2-5,  1704. 

James  Chesley  married  to  Thamsin  Wentworth  Dec.  29,  1704. 

Samuel  Willey  married  to  Elizabeth  Rendal  Feb.  19,  170^. 

John  Pugsley  married  to  Elizabeth  Small  Mar.  7,  170|. 

Richard  Randal  married  to  Elizabeth  Blanchant  wid.  Ap.  10,  1705. 

John  Drew  married  to  Elizabeth  Hopley  May  24,  1705. 

Adrian  Fry  married  to  Mercy  Chapman  Jun.  8,  1705. 

John  Hall  married  to  Hester  Chesley  Aug.  9,  1705. 

Sylvanus  Nock  married  to  Hester  Beard  wid:  Nov.  12,  1705. 

Timothy  Carle  married  to  Eliz:  Hall  Dec.  15,  1705. 

David  Thomas  manned  to  Elizabeth  Brawn  Jan.  28,  1705[-6]. 

Nathaniel  Roberts  married  to  Eliz:  Mason  Ap.  11,  1706. 

Henry  Jaquis  married  to  Rebecca  Pickering  Jun.  28,  1706. 

M'  John  Jambrin  of  Jersey  (belonging  to  England)  was  Legally  married 
to  Elizabeth  Knight  alias  Sheavalleir,  of  the  town  of  Dover  in  New 
England,  upon  the  12  of  September,  1706,  as  attest  John  Pike. 

William  Eyres  married  to  Mary  Hopley  Octo.  24,  1706. 

John  Ford  married  to  Hanna  Tydie,  Nov.  4,  1706. 

John  Amblar  married  to  EHzab:  Trickey  Nov.  6,  1706. 

Sylvanus  Nock  married  to  Sarah  Drisco  Dec.  13,  1706. 

Solomon  Pinkham  married  to  Mary  Field  Dec.  13,  1706. 

John  Field  married  to  Sarah  Drew  Jan.  16,  1706[-7]. 

Joseph  Jones  married  to  Mary  Spencer  Feb.  7,  170|. 

Hatevil  Hall  married  to  Mercy  Cromwell  March  14,  1704. 

Joseph  Wilson  married  to  Elizabeth  Chapman  Aug.  27,  1707. 

Joseph  Hall  married  to  Easter  Beard  Nov.  3,  1707. 

John  Shuckford  married  to  Elizabeth  Barns  Dec.  4,  1707. 

Joshua  Crocket  married  to  Mary  Bickford  Dec.  8,  1707. 

Gershom  Downs  married  to  Sarah  Hall  Dec.  24,  1707. 

Pomfret  Dam  married  Easter  Twomley  Jan.  14,  1707  [-8]. 

William  Dam  married  to  Sarah  Kiinmin  July  29,  1708. 

Thomas  Tibbets  matried  to  Sarah  Tibbets  Aug.  12,  1708. 

Elias  Parcher  married  to  Grace  AUard  Aug.  12,  1708. 

William  Marrifield  married  to  Margaret  Frost  Octo:  18,  1708. 

John  Horn  married  to  Eliz:  Heard  Dec:  29,  1708. 

Jonathan  Young  married  to  Abigal  Hanson  May  12,  1709. 

Edward  Andrews  married  to  Sarah  Churchill  Aug.  11,  1709. 

Zechariah  Field  married  to  Hannah  Evens  Jan.  12,  1709 [-10]. 

Samuel  Smith  married  to  Hannah  Burnam  Feb.  16,  1709[-10]. 


Journal 


Rev.   John    Pike, 


OF    DOVEH,    N.H. 


Edixkd,    with    an    Introduction    and    Notes, 


BY    THE 


REV.  A.  H.  QUINT,  D.D. 


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